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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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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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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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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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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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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Decolonizing the Mind. Ethiopia in ‘Memorie di una principessa etiope’ by Martha Nasibù by Barbara Małgorzata Kornacka

“…The writer, being herself Ethiopian from an aristocratic family, having studied in Europe and in the USA, has a wide and unprejudiced perspective. …”
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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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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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Prophétie féminine et autorité institutionnelle dans l’État de Savoie à l’époque moderne: hypothèses de recherche by Elisabetta Lurgo

“…The starting point, therefore, is the representation and definition of power, understood as a constant interpenetration between aristocratic and court rituals and local practices.…”
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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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L’anticommunisme comme patrie chez les intellectuels péruviens José de la Riva-Agüero et Francisco García Calderón dans l’Europe de l’entre-deux-Guerres by Coralie Razous

“…Through the interwar trajectories of two Peruvian intellectuals, José de la Riva-Agüero (1885-1944) and Francisco García Calderón (1883-1953), this article analyses the different dimensions of anticommunism in Peruvian and European aristocratic and diplomatic circles. Whether in their analysis of Fascism in Italy, in their position in the controversy between Indigenism and Hispanism in Peru, or in their role as politicians and diplomats, anticommunism appears as a common point in their European exile, and as a way to define a Peruvian identity. …”
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La viande rouge : un critère de virilité dans la Rome antique ? IIe siècle-IIe siècle ap. J.-C.) by Christophe Badel

“…In terms of taste, Roman males preferred white meat, which was the delight of aristocratic banquets. According to doctors, red meat was more dangerous for women than for men, but they also advised men not to consume it. …”
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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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Breaking the Spell of Past Misdeeds: A Hauntological Reading of The House of the Seven Gables by Justyna Fruzińska

“…The book is also haunted by the Pyncheon nostalgia for the old aristocratic order, as well as by capitalist exploitation of racial and class others. …”
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