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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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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Las guerras de la República romana. Memoria individual, memoria cultural y remediación by Simon Cahanier

“…El hecho de que la ejemplaridad desempeñara un papel distintivo en el seno de la nobilitas explica la voluntad manifestada por los aristócratas romanos de hacer memoria inscribiendo su recuerdo individual de las res gestae en la memoria cultural, en particular en el contexto de las guerras romanas. …”
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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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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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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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L’émigré à la porte. Risques et revers de l’hospitalité chez A. J. Dumaniant by Genevieve LaFrance

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Friendship, admiration, or hatred? The image of the united provinces in the travel diaries of the Czech nobility (1650-1750) by Jiří Kubeš

“…The Dutch mostly suffered condemnation at the pens of the Czech nobles, and in their words we can sometimes even read hatred for a nation which, in the view of the Central European nobility, did not respect the higher social status of the aristocrats and made life so complicated for the Catholics. …”
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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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Walter Xaver z Dietrichsteina na kavalírské cestě (1683–1688) a jeho boj proti předurčené budoucnosti by Lenka Maršálková

“…The presented study therefore notices not only the course of this grand tour, its itinerary and young aristocrat´s educational programme but also building Dietrichstein's ideas about his future, his disputes with his father and the role of the Hofmeister and answers the question whether and how this struggle influenced young man´s studies and his relationships with his parents. …”
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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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L’Amitié comme initiation des jeunes apprentis dans le dédale du libertinage by Carmen Andrei

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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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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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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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Lady Clara Cavendish: Reynolds and Rymer’s Political Hoax by Rebecca L. Nesvet

“…By presenting Cavendish as an aristocrat and court insider, Reynolds and Rymer invest their political critique with authority they could not otherwise have achieved. …”
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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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The Portrait of heshuo Guo-qinwang Yunli as the Source for Weapons and Horse Equipment of Oirats and their Neighbors in the first half of the 18th Century by Leonid A. Bobrov

“…The article deals with the portrait of Manchu aristocrat heshuo Guo-qinwang Yunli (1697–1738) — the younger brother of Qing Yongzheng emperor and the uncle of Qianlong emperor. …”
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