Описание: The life of "that notorious woman", Lucy de Thweng, is used as a prism through which to consider the agency of aristocratic women in the Middle Ages.
Whilst historians often regard the Norman Kingdom of Sicily as centralised and administratively advanced, County and Nobility in Norman Italy counters this traditional interpretation; far from centralised and streamlined, this book reveals how the genesis and social structures of the kingdom were constantly fraught between the forces of royal power and local aristocracy authority. In doing so, Hervin Fernandez-Aceves sheds important new light on medieval Italy.
This book is the result of thorough research conducted on the vast source material for the history of this fascinating 12th-century world. Starting with the activities of Norman counts and the configuration of the counties, it explores how social control operated in these nodes of regional authority, and argues that the Sicilian monarchy relied on the counties (and the counts' authority) to keep the realm united and exercise control.
Описание: Harriet Flower explores the nature and function of wax masks used in the commemoration of politically prominent family members by the elite society of Rome from the third century BC to the sixth century AD. It is by putting these masks, which were worn by actors at the funerals of the deceased, into their legal, social, and political context that Flower is able to elucidate their special meaning as symbols of power and prestige.
Автор: Garver Valerie L. Название: Women and Aristocratic Culture in the Carolingian World ISBN: 0801477883 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801477881 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4288.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Despite the wealth of scholarship in recent decades on medieval women, we still know much less about the experiences of women in the early Middle Ages than we do about those in later centuries. In Women and Aristocratic Culture in the Carolingian World, Valerie L. Garver offers a fresh appraisal of the cultural and social history of eighth- and ninth-century women. Examining changes in women's lives and in the ways others perceived women during the early Middle Ages, she shows that lay and religious women, despite their legal and social constrictions, played integral roles in Carolingian society.
Garver's innovative book employs an especially wide range of sources, both textual and material, which she uses to construct a more complex and nuanced impression of aristocratic women than we've seen before. She looks at the importance of female beauty and adornment; the family and the construction of identities and collective memory; education and moral exemplarity; wealth, hospitality and domestic management; textile work, and the lifecycle of elite Carolingian women.
Her interdisciplinary approach makes deft use of canons of church councils, chronicles, charters, polyptychs, capitularies, letters, poetry, exegesis, liturgy, inventories, hagiography, memorial books, artworks, archaeological remains, and textiles. Ultimately, Women and Aristocratic Culture in the Carolingian World underlines the centrality of the Carolingian era to the reshaping of antique ideas and the development of lasting social norms.
Автор: Wilson David Название: Death of Lord Percy: An Aristocratic Sleuths Mystery ISBN: 1946063975 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781946063977 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2621.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Recently retired from the military, Field Marshall James and his buddy Lord Bigsby, are soon bored with their aristocratic lives and decide to form a detective agency to help friends in their social sphere. Of course, they have no intention of charging fees for their services, seeing as how they are rank amateurs. No sooner are they open for business, but they receive their first client-Sir Martin Nash, who asks them to track down his step-daughter Priscilla who's been missing for several weeks. Soon the two old gentlemen are off on their first case And what a case it proves to be-particularly when it becomes clear that finding Priscilla is not their main task--finding out who killed her father Lord Percy is Their investigation takes them to vineyards, race courses, and art auctions in England, France, and Spain, with danger and excitement lurking at every turn. Do they find Priscilla? More importantly, can they identify and trap the killer of Lord Percy before this killer strikes again?
Автор: Ebrey Название: The Aristocratic Families in Early Imperial China ISBN: 0521102375 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521102377 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 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.
Автор: Willetts R. F. Название: Aristocratic Society in Ancient Crete (Routledge Revivals) ISBN: 0415747082 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415747080 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7961.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Aristocratic Society in Ancient Crete, first published in 1955, investigates the emergence and progress of Dorian society on Crete from the 8th century BC onwards. The major contribution of Cretan culture in this period was in the field of law - law and order are traditionally linked, and Dorian Crete remained steadfast in its pursuit of order. The author offers an explanation for the protracted aristocratic character of Cretan society, basing his study on the crucial Code of Gortyna.
The primitive foundations of the social system are examined, illuminating the tribal institutions which formed the basis of the aristocratic states which developed. The four classes of the Cretan states, and the mutual relations of these classes, are defined, and the stages whereby family institutions developed are analysed. Finally, political and judicial organisation is scrutinised, and the Cretan culture is situated in the wider horizon of Mediterranean civilisation.
Автор: Davies, John E. Название: Changing fortunes of a british aristocratic family, 1689-1976 ISBN: 1783274344 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783274345 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 17424.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Traces the development of a typical British aristocratic family, its estates and its activities over the period when the landed aristocracy was at its height and over the period when the aristocracy had to cope with increasing democratisation.
Название: Popular Politics in an Aristocratic Republic ISBN: 036786228X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367862282 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6123.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Popular Politics in an Aristocratic Republic explores the different aspects of political actions and experiences in late medieval and early modern Venice. It will be essential reading for students of Venetian history, medieval and early modern Italy and Europe, political and social history.
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