La Costituzione siciliana del 1812 by Angelo Grimaldi

“…The Par - liament didn’t represent the nation because the two main governing bodies were the Sovereign and the aristocrats: the “nation”, being an abstract juridical bodies couldn’t govern directly but only through delegation; consequently the Parliament could repre - sent only a part of the Sicilian Society, that is to say only that fraction that was repre - sented in the Parliament. …”
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The library of Troškūnai monastery by Arvydas Pacevičius

“…The collections of the library increased with the help of donations from aristocrats and monks, also thanks to the chief of the Bernardine Province of Lithuania, Aleksandras Butkevičius, who initiated a catalogue of this library written in 1782. …”
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Lithuanian bibliophiles in the XVIII century by Levas Vladimirovas

“…However, the bibliophiles in Lithuania were mostly aristocrats. They created wonderful collections in their palaces. …”
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Peddling Wonderment, Selling Privilege: Launching the Market for Medieval Books in Antebellum New York by Scott Gwara

“…He marketed elite collectors who considered themselves New World aristocrats. Philes got his novel ideas from Archives du Bibliophile, a Paris journal published by Anatole Claudin. …”
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Obraz křesťanského rytíře? Turcika ve šlechtických zbrojnicích raného novověku by Vítězslav Prchal

“…The analysis is based upon 37 inventories of aristocratic armories in Bohemia and Moravia between 1560 and 1740, resulting in the formulation of the following thesis. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Reasons for the Persistence of Buddhism and the Decline of Zoroastrianism in Ancient China by Amin Yazdkhasti, Hamidreza Pashazanous

“…During the Parthian period, Buddhism entered China through translators, aristocrats, and the Parthian elite class, and for the first time, a Parthian prince called An Shigao. …”
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Mettre en lumière des réseaux invisibles pour les historiens : la bipolarisation d’un réseau aristocratique à la cour de Vienne, 1685-1740 by Éric Hassler

“…The Viennese aristocratic networks appear as such a tangle of individuals and families, that they have never been precisely studied per se, except in relation with political parties. …”
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« Ce fut a heure illicite ». Se venger de nuit dans le royaume de France à la fin du Moyen Âge by Jean-Philippe Juchs

“…The practice of aristocratic feud at night in the countryside at the end of the Middle Ages is not ordinary, first of all for symbolic reasons, because of the generally negative representation of night at that time, secondly for technical reasons, because of the lack of lightening facilities. …”
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Construire et utiliser son réseau en Aquitaine 1362-1380 : instrumentalisation de la justice et intérêts géopolitiques by Élodie Giard

“…Justice is then used by aristocratic families, sometimes even to serve opposing interests within the same lineage. …”
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Los microrrelatos cómicos y picarescos en la novela barroca: Céspedes y Meneses, Castillo Solórzano y Castelblanco by Christine Marguet

“…This article examines the presence of comical and/or picaresque micro-structures in spanish baroque novels with aristocratic protagonism –the novelistic equivalent of «courtship» short novels–. …”
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Dora Pejačević and Music Salons in Continental Croatia as Hubs of Cultural Networking by Vjera Katalinić

“…In the first instance (concerning space), it can be observed from three perspectives: as a distinguished space of music-making within the aristocratic or bourgeois house, as a socially exclusive event, and as a convivial gathering. …”
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Deníky Marie Jany hraběnky Harbuval von Chamaré (1722-1792) by Pavla Janáčková

“… Diaries of aristocratic women who lived in the Bohemian kingdom in the 18th century are rather rare. …”
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The Nobility in Bohemia and in the Habsburg Monarchy within the Legal and Social Context of the 19th Century by Marie Macková

“…Meanwhile, in the traditional area of aristocratic influence its impact was gradually fading. …”
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Giusepe Tommasi Lampedusa: History and time in Il Gattopardo by Clara Corona

“…Heir to an ancient Sicilian aristocratic family, married to the Latvian psychoanalyst Licy Wolff at his descendant of an important Baltic family, distinguished connoisseur of English and French literature, the writer is actually an outsider in the social and cultural landscape of Italy war rather "European" that "Italian" and certainly "Sicilian." …”
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Náměty k budoucímu šporkovskému bádání by Jindřich Kolda

“… The article summarises the crucial aspecys of the existing research concerning Franz Anton Sporck, an influential aristocrat of the Czech Baroque period, and presents several suggestions for further investigations in this field. …”
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Wolfgang Mórócz z Beketfalvy (1575–1648). Spoločenský vzostup kariérneho úradníka v ranonovovekom Uhorsku by Frederik Federmayer

“…It depicts the life of officer Wolfgang Mórócz, his family and social background, relations, development of his economic situation as well as his successful career as an officer, which elevated his family up to the ranks of the then aristocratic elites. …”
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Gallasovský hofmistr Johann Heinrich Dienebier (1677–1748) by Martin Krummholz

“… The newly collected information sheds light upon the social origins and ties of Johann Heinrich Dienebier (1677–1748) and makes us familiar with his 27 years of service for Johann Wenzel Gallas (1671–1719), an important and wealthy aristocrat in the Habsburg monarchy. This information enables us to acknowledge the erudition and designing genius of this creative (and so far marginalised) building copyist (Bauschreiber) of the Prague Castle. …”
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Łucja Rautenstrauchowa's In and beyond the Alps: the Case of a Sentimental Italian Tour by Magdalena Ożarska

“…Łucja Rautenstrauchowa herself was a Polish aristocrat and a published writer of sentimental novels and travel books. …”
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Bohémiens condamnés aux galères à l’époque du Roi-Soleil (1677 à 1715) by Emmanuel Filhol

“…Despite the interest and enthusiasm shown in France in the field of entertainment arts by aristocratic groups and the Court towards Gypsies, the Declaration of 1682 due to Louis XIV and Colbert against the Bohemians condemns them to life on the galleys. …”
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Barokní šlechtic a jeho právní poradci. Na příkladě sporu mezi Annou Kateřinou Swéerts-Sporck a Kristýnou Alžbětou z Obernitz (1739–1743) by Michaela Buriánková

“… The case of the court dispute between Count Anna Katherina von Swéerts-Sporck and Christina Elisabeth von Obernitz, which took place in the 1740s is used to describe the relation between a Baroque aristocrat and his or her legal counsellors, how many of these counsellors were necessary to prevail in the dispute and how. …”
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