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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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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Hledat a nalézat: Barokní Valdštejnové a jejich informační síť by Jiří Hrbek

“… This article deals with the information network linking the members of the House of Waldstein, a top aristocratic dynasty in the society of the early Modern Age. …”
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Nacionalita a konfese v politickém životě jagellonských Čech by Petr Vorel

“…Consequently, a social standard prevailed in the establishment, where the social status and nationality of an aristocrat were preferred to the confession despite the confession was formally outlawed (such as Jednota bratrská = the Union of Brethern). …”
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Analýza dvou šlechtických rukopisných kuchařských knih a jedné sbírky receptů z „dlouhého“ 19. století by Lucie Miklovičová

“…The first part of research work focuses on sources, which we can use for studying boarding habits, not only at aristocratic courts. The primary aim is the analysis of cookbooks in more detail, namely cookbook of Filipina Schlik and Ludmila Berchtold and collection of recipes by Marie Thun, notably their structure and content. …”
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„ale jak se vožení, hned mu tíže“. Naplňování pohlavních rolí v básnické skladbě Stesk na ženitbu Hynka z Poděbrad by Martin Čapský

“…The youngest son of Bohemian King George of Poděbrady introduced the composition, which strengthened the distinction to the less noble men by the means of culturally constructed differences, to the aristocratic audience. Using the attributes of carnival entertainment, the author drew on the experience of his peers − starting a family and assuming the role of a farmer, including the difficulties associated with this transitional phase. …”
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Du discours dynastique au corps social. Retour sur la terminologie des groupes aristocratiques incas de Cuzco by Laurent Segalini

“…Based on a renewed scrutiny of the classical sources as well as on original documentation, this article aims to reconsider some aspects of the social structure of prehispanic Cuzco, especially the supposed homogeneity of the aristocratic groups. At the same time, it provides an opportunity to redefine partially the framework of the discussion about the nature of Inca dynastic narratives.…”
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Vilém Slavata a jeho hejtman Hynek Ladislav Vejtmiler z Vejtmile by Josef Hrdlička

“… This paper analyses the quality of the relation between the aristocrat and his officer in the first half of the 17th century. …”
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The Death of Jaromír Czernin 1908 by Michal Jirman

“… This article evaluates the death and funeral culture in the high aristocratic society of the Habsburg monarchy at the turn of the twentieth century, focusing on the illness and death of the mostly forgotten Count Jaromír Czernin (1818–1908). …”
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El golpe de Estado de Focas (602) by Carlos Martínez Carrasco

“…This study places the accent on the social and economic context in which it occurred, anchoring it in the existing tensions between the aristocratic establishment and the rest of the Roman population. …”
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Les Français de Londres, pas tous expatriés by Diane Le Luyer

“…French emigration in London, once aristocratic or bourgeois, has become more democratic, and the social recomposition of expatriation, which reflects in professional careers, reveals the failure of institutional mechanisms to fulfill their mission of providing an inclusive support system for citizens.…”
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Sázka na nejistou kartu. Armádní služba a sociální úpadek Raduitů de Souches na přelomu 17. a 18. století by Vítězslav Prchal

“…They were not only the inherent part of aristocratic warrior careers, but they also, in the situation of yet undeveloped fiscal mechanisms of a premodern state that was still searching for ways how to finance its permanent army, represented a risk factor which, to a considerable extent, decided about success or failure not only of the particular individuals, but as well their families and other generations of the dynasty, in the strictly socially stratified society of the early modern period. …”
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Un grand domaine aristocratique de la cité des Viromanduens : la villa de La Mare aux Canards (Noyon, Oise) by Marjolaine de Muylder, Guillaume Aubazac, Frédéric Broes, Stéphane Dubois, Bastien Dubuis, Caroline Font, Alexia Morel

“…The pars rustica excavation yielded a very rich architecture and furniture that gives an aristocratic feature to the building. Its function don’t seem to be devoted to traditional farming, but could be closer to business and commercial trade.…”
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Čechoslováci pod ochranou císaře: Strastiplná cesta Bedřicha Hildprandta a Ferdinanda Veverky do etiopského exilu by Jan Dvořáček

“…Bedřich Hildprandt, belonging to aristocratic family Hildprandt of Ottenhausen, served as an administrator of the imperial stud farm in Addis Ababa, while Ferdinand Veverka became a diplomatic counselor at the imperial court in Addis Ababa, where he was largely using his previous vast experience from the Czechoslovak diplomatic services. …”
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Člověk a dluhy. Příklad šlechtice z 15. století. Osobnost Voka V. z Holštejna by David Papajík

“… The author of this study follows the fate of the aristocrat Vok the Fifth of Holštejn, which is corroborated by written records dating back to between 1420 and 1466. …”
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La représentation du genre au XIXe siècle. Masculinités dans le couple royal et la biographie de François d’Assise de Bourbon by Félix Colás Loricera

“…With respect to external issues, the biography of Francis in his marriage is marked by the period of transition in 19th century notions of gender from traditional-aristocratic to Victorian-bourgeois society, a transition in which the couple was judged by various strata of society and from different points of view and canons of behaviour.…”
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Les jardins paysagers des seigneurs domaniaux de l’époque d’Edo et les manuels relatifs à la composition des jardins by Nicolas Fiévé

“…During the Heian period (794-1195) in Japan, at the time where the main characteristics of pleasure gardens were introduced, the landscape architect was a well-read aristocrat who enjoyed reproducing one of the country’s famous landscape in his own home garden. …”
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