ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARISTOCRACY
From Late Latin aristocratia, from Greek aristokratia rule by the best-born, from aristos best.
10 QUOTES WITH «ARISTOCRACY»
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aristocracy.
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
Here the Frenchman, Spaniard, and Englishman all passed, leaving each his legend; and a brilliant and more or less feudal civilization with its aristocracy and slaves has departed with the economic system upon which it rested.
The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in every eastern country.
The aristocracy of Western Europe has absolutely tabooed silver in those countries and driven it away from there. Here it finds its only resting place.
In England we only make films about the working class or the aristocracy.
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance.
The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
In revolt against this new and very evil thing came the republicanism of the eighteenth century, inspired and directed in large measure by members of the fast perishing aristocracy of race, character and tradition.
There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard. It's a private preserve.
To add to our misery and despair, a bloated aristocracy has sent to China - the greatest and oldest despotism in the world - for a cheap working slave.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARISTOCRACY»
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Aristocracy and People: Britain, 1815-1865
One of the foremost scholars of nineteenth–century England, Gash has written a new interpretation of the years 1815 to 1865 that takes industrialization off center stage as the great dramatic event in national life.
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The
Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile
An examination of the nature and role of the aristocracy in twelfth-century Spain.
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Aristocracy, Antiquity, and History: An Essay on Classicism ...
This brilliant critique of the literature on modernity challenges the conventional approach in two fundamental ways.
4
An
Aristocracy of Everyone: The Politics of Education and ...
An Aristocracy of Everyone shows that education offers the only path toward rebuilding and reinvigorating the United States, and that this is a path we must begin to follow now.
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The
Aristocracy of Norman England
This book provides the first rounded account of the new and highly influential ruling elite of England in the century after the Norman conquest of 1066, in which the old English aristocracy a swept aside.
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Monarchy,
Aristocracy and State in Europe 1300-1800
This important new book takes a fascinating thematic approach, providing a useful survey of the position and role of the nobility in the government of states in early modern Europe.
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The Colored
Aristocracy of St. Louis
This annotated edition of "The Colored Aristocracy of St. Louis" includes an introductory essay on African Americans in St. Louis before the Civil War, as well as an account of the lives of the author and the members of his remarkable ...
Cyprian Clamorgan, Julie Winch, 1999
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Debating England's
Aristocracy in the 1790s: Pamphlets, ...
"Survey of the representation of England's aristocracy in a turbulent time, as its role and function were bitterly debated between radicals and loyalists"--Provided by publisher.
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War, Government and
Aristocracy in the British Isles, ...
A plethora of the most important aspects of late medieval England are covered here, with a focus on Edward I.
Chris Given-Wilson, Ann J. Kettle, Len Scales, 2008
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Noblewomen,
Aristocracy and Power in the Twelfth-Century ...
The first major work on noblewomen in the twelfth century and Normandy, and of the ways in which they exercised power.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARISTOCRACY»
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COMMENT: Of "natural aristocracy" and earning your place
“You want people to stand up, not scrape and bow. But if you don't have a certain natural aristocracy in the system, people who are respected ... «Yahoo Singapore News, Jul 15»
'Outlander' Season 2: Sam Heughan Gets New Hairstyle; Producer …
He teased that Jamie and Claire will mostly be working with the French aristocracy when they are in France. Comparing the costume designs ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
John's WWI Blog: Incongruous mix of war and adverts
The whole nation was united in this crisis in our national history, rich and poor, aristocracy and peasantry vied with each other in giving of their ... «Harborough Mail, Jul 15»
Bring on the dancing horses
I learn that white horses were originally chosen so as not to compete with the colourful medieval costumes of the aristocracy. The courbette ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
Ruins of luxurious imperial Roman villa to share its majesty once …
Laborers also carried water from land to the Roman aristocracy who visited the villa on the island. (Norman Einstein map/Wikimedia Commons). «Ancient Origins, Jul 15»
Fly original Confederate flag over graves -- John Powell
The Confederate states succeeded to preserve slavery. The succession conventions, dominated by the plantation aristocracy, said so. After the ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
The Greek crisis shows Europe's 1% winning, just like their cousins …
In its place are division, economic collapse, and an aristocracy of well-credentialed idiots. The always-interesting Steve Randy Waldman at ... «Fabius Maximus website, Jul 15»
An ode to Democracy in America
The “great democratic revolution” marks off modernity from the prior world structured by what he repeatedly calls “aristocracy.” Democracy is a ... «MercatorNet, Jul 15»
Hugh MacDonald meets Henry Blofeld
Like PG Wodehouse he was always making fun of the English aristocracy, the English way of living.'' It is this sense of mischief that Blofeld ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
26 Centuries later, Athens has come full circle
Archonships were available only to members of the aristocracy. These aristocrats used their position and power to benefit only their own family. «OpEdNews, Jul 15»
