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A plethora of the most important aspects of late medieval England are covered here, with a focus on Edward I. Crown-magnate relations, the Anglo-Scottish, Anglo-French and Anglo-Irish wars, national and local finance and administration and the nature of late medieval kingship are among the principal themes explored in this volume, along with aristocratic consumption, historical writing, chivalric culture and a review of recent work on crusading history. All newly commissioned from distinguished scholars, they shed new light on late medieval British political, military and governmental history. CONTRIBUTORS: NICHOLAS VINCENT, DAVID CARPENTER, M. L. HOLFORD, ARCHIE DUNCAN, MATTHEW STRICKLAND, BJORN WEILER, ROBIN FRAME, ANDY KING, W. MARK ORMROD, G. L. HARRISS, NORMAN HOUSLEY, ANNE CURRY, MAURICE KEEN, WENDY CHILDS.

Aristocracy (Social class) --- Aristocratie (Classe sociale) --- History --- Histoire --- Prestwich, Michael. --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- History, Military --- Histoire militaire --- Aristocracy --- Aristocrats --- Upper class --- Nobility --- Prestwich, Michael

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Factional Struggles' explores the dynamics of conflicts among ruling elites within cities, dynastic courts, rural areas and regional noble lineages during the early modern period. Building on case studies from France, Italy, the Empire and the Swiss Confederation, the essays collected by Mathieu Caesar in this volume highlight how factions were formed and how they shaped political society from the late Middle Ages. The authors have especially focused on how political and religious ideologies contributed to the formation of partisanship, the role of propaganda, and the significance and strategies of factional leaders. The volume shows how factions, despite the generally negative view of them held by theologians and jurists, were in practice accepted and used as political tools.

History of Europe --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1400-1499 --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Aristocracy (Social class). --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Elite (Social sciences). --- History --- Europe. --- Elites (Social sciences) --- Leadership --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social classes --- Social groups --- Aristocracy --- Aristocrats --- Upper class --- Nobility --- History.

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Much scholarly work has been published on the Chinese medieval 'aristocracy', in Chinese, Japanese and Western languages. It is commonly accepted that the change from an aristocratic society to a 'meritocracy' was one of the turning points of Chinese history. But since almost every aspect of political, economic and cultural history is involved in questions of the nature of the aristocracy, perhaps the only way to test theories of the means by which a small elite preserved its social status and political prestige for seven or eight hundred years is by tracing the fortunes of a single family in great detail. The present work is a fully documented case study of the Ts'uis of Po-ling from the first through the ninth centuries. By observing OW evolution of the Ts'uis as an aristocratic kinship group - and an unusual quantity of rich and original source material was available to Dr Ebrey - the author demonstrates OW fluctuation in aristocratic influence and tic changing basis of such families' prestige and power. Studies such as this are essential to enlarge our knowledge not only of medieval society and politics in China but also the development of family and lineage. In the light of the detailed evidence Dr Ebrey provides, many conventional views many well have to be abandoned.

Aristocracy (Social class) --- Aristocracy --- Aristocrats --- Upper class --- Nobility --- Tsui, Po-ling. --- China --- Politics and government. --- Aristocracy (Political science) --- Tsʻui, Po-ling. --- Cui family --- Political science --- Arts and Humanities --- History

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A partir d'une documentation abondante - une enquête auprès de plusieurs centaines de personnes -, complétée par le dépouillement d'archives privées, Eric Mension-Rigau cerne les faits et les mécanismes qui permettent de comprendre comment perdurent dans notre pays une conscience et une identité nobiliaires. L'analyse, fine et précise, éclaire toute une part d'ombre de la vie privée et des mentalités du groupe aristocratique. Elle souligne le rôle de la mémoire familiale à travers l'attachement aux noms, aux titres, aux lieux et aux objets qui ancrent la destinée familiale dans une continuité historique et dans une terre, berceau originel de la lignée. L'auteur étudie les signes et les pratiques, perceptibles dans le langage, l'éducation, le savoir-vivre, les alliances, les attitudes, les goûts, par lesquels nobles et grands bourgeois se distinguent des autres groupes de la société. Il montre comment les nécessaires adaptations à la société contemporaine, sensibles dans les rapports avec l'argent, les autres milieux sociaux, le travail, les diplômes ou la République, composent avec la persistance d'un modèle de Cour, une constante volonté d'exemplarité et le souci de transmettre les valeurs familiales. Du matériau original qu'il a rassemblé, Eric Mension-Rigau a su tirer le portrait collectif d'une catégorie particulière de la population française. Commentaires et textes inédits fourmillent de détails, à l'aide desquels il décrit le tissu serré de qualités et de représentations que la noblesse et la grande bourgeoisie, qui y est agrégée, s'efforcent envers et contre tout de maintenir. Et comme cette ethno-histoire concerne plusieurs générations, il s'agit d'un quasi "lieu de mémoire" de la France aristocratique dans la France d'aujourd'hui.

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Princesses --- Catholic women --- Upper class women --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Counter-Reformation --- Women and religion --- Religion and women --- Women in religion --- Religion --- Sexism in religion --- Anti-Reformation --- Church history --- Church renewal --- Reformation --- Aristocracy --- Aristocrats --- Upper class --- Nobility --- Women --- Women, Catholic --- Christian women --- Royalty --- Courts and courtiers --- Religious life --- History