La cartographie héraldique de Frotier de la Messelière by Laurent Hablot

“…In 1960 Henri Frotier de la Messelière bequeathed 286 volumes of his notes and drawings on the monumental and heraldic heritage and the history of the department’s nobility to the Côtes-d’Armor archives. These include around fifteen maps showing the seats of the main seigneuries, together with the coats of arms of their holders. …”
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Delectare ed prodesse: aventuras, placeres y didactismo en el Conte du Papegau by Lidia Amor

“…Besides it had the purpose of providing education in the chivalrous and moral qualities expected and necessary for the youth belonging to the nobility.…”
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„Vy zly a nespravedlivy lvde Bardiowci.“ Mesto Bardejov v boji proti zbojníkom v 15. storočí by Mária Fedorčáková

“…She also points out the nobility involvement in the development of brigandage in the aforesaid period. …”
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The relationship network of nuncios and forms of reward for its members at the imperial court of Rudolf II (1576–1612) by Tomáš Černušák

“…These were in particular members of the Privy Council or of the Aulic Council as well as the most influential representatives of the Czech nobility. The networks of the papal nuncios started playing a key role – with regard to the fact that the sovereign gradually stopped paying attention and carrying out the affairs of state – as centres of influence for pursuing papal interests and sources for gathering information. …”
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Mariage, littérature courtoise, et structure du désir au XIIème siècle by Cristina Álvares

“…It stresses the larger socio-cultural changes that the Church brought about by imposing celibacy on clerics and the principle of consensual marriage on the lay nobility as a framework for the emergence of literary fin’ amors. …”
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Baczko, Rousseau and Polish Republicanism by Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz

“…Starting from an in-depth knowledge of secondary literature and Polish sources, including the dossier provided to Rousseau by Count Michal Wielhorski, the author shows how Baczko succeeded in offering an innovative reading of this text of Rousseau, understood not so much as an attempt to apply the theories of the Social Contract to Polish reality, but as an encounter of idées-forces, images and social dreams, an encounter based on the reciprocity of an exchange that affects the interlocutors, the conservative Polish nobility and the theorist of popular sovereignty. The Poles will be inspired by Rousseau in their republican claims and Rousseau, in contact with Polish republicanism, changes his own thinking, giving a new meaning to the notions of people and nation.…”
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PEASANTS AND LANDLORDS IN THE SYSTEM OF SERFDOM RELATIONS IN PRE-PETRINE RUSSIA by O. Yu. Yakhshiyan

“…At the same time, the mandatory life-long service of the nobility remained an unshakeable condition for strengthening local land ownership. …”
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Behind the negotiations: Nuncio Antonio Caetani’s experience at the court of Madrid (1611–1618) by Paolo Periati

“…He had to serve the Apostolic See and to satisfy the Spanish ministers and expectations of the nobility, thus increasing the honour of his noble family. …”
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Diaristes et épistolières russes (fin XVIIIe ‑ début XIXe siècle) : reflets de l’histoire by Elena Gretchanaia, Catherine Viollet

“…The following themes, in particular, are emphasized in their writings: their treatment of the education for women of the Russian nobility, the example of famous women, the social position and involvement of the diary writers’ family members, their travels through Europe and direct contact with the actors of history, and their devotion to Napoleon which was typical of Russian girls throughout the nineteenth century. …”
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Testamenty urozených žen doby baroka. Několik poznámek k tématu by Kristina Swiderová

“…The main emphasis is therefore laid on the testamentary piety, which is perceived among others as a means of the legitimization of the nobility itself, for which the process of the adjustments before death was well suited. …”
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Samogitia and Lithuania in 13-18th Centuries: the Splendour and the Poverty of Regional (Provincial) Self-Goveming by Eugenijus Saviščevas

“….; the merge of Samogitian nobles with the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the end of the 16 c. to 18 c. …”
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František Antonín z Dietrichsteina (1643–1721) – šlechtic v řadách Tovaryšstva Ježíšova by Zuzana Orálková

“…At the same time, the paper tries to present this individual story in the context of the present knowledge of the church and religious order career of the nobility. The second part of the study represents Franz's decision and his subsequent order life from the perspective of his post-mortem elogium from 1721. …”
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La mirada del otro. La construcción de la identidad nacional, los estereotipos y la imagen de lo vasco : del enigma a la complejidad by Benjamín Tejerina, Joseba García Martín

“…In its evolution we highlight three moments: 1) the mythification of the natural nobility of the Basque; 2) the people that fight against change, resisting and remaining faithful to their roots, 3) and, more recently, the emergence of an image of the Basque more complex, which delves into the internal contradictions and conflicts characteristic of a plural society.…”
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El enredo de Carmen y el primer turismo en España (1830-1875) by Manuel Santirso

“…This required the intermediation of royalty and very high nobility, who formed courts that also integrated some prominent writers. …”
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Les violences seigneuriales dans les Grandes Chroniques de France de Jean de France duc de Normandie : première approche by Christiane Raynaud

“…In the face of the uncertain loyalty and the claims and demands of a restive nobility, that John tries to rally or submit, a program is defined: through the restoration of peace, a primordial aspect of his plan for government and reform, the future king asserts his legitimacy.…”
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En los orígenes de la observancia by María Luz Ríos Rodríguez, M.ª Dolores Fraga Sampedro

“…They also have support from the Galician nobility and the Compostela bourgeoisie. Their survival continues until the middle of the 15th century, when they begin to suffer pressure from observers. …”
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Strengthening the Profile of Pancasila Students Through Cultural Values in Folklores of Ponorogo by Suprapto Suprapto, Syamsudin Rois

“…As a result, it can strengthen the Pancasila student profile, enabling students to develop critical thinking, independence, intelligence, moral character, cultural awareness, and nobility from an early age. …”
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The cathedral of modern civilisation. The Teatro Real of Madrid and the definition of the respectable new elite, 1850-1895 by David San Narciso

“…At the same time, they constituted a privileged social space for interaction between the old nobility and the new liberal elites. This article studies the Teatro Real of Madrid as one of the most important spaces for the sociability of the Spanish nineteenth-century elites. …”
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Kwestia ruska w obliczu powstania styczniowego z perspektywy „Gazety Narodowej” i „Słowa” by Adam Świątek

“…The discrepancies concerned a number of issues: the attitude to the borders of future Poland, the recognition of the right to Ruthenians’ national identity, the attitude to the Orthodox Church, the noble nature of the uprising, and the oppression of peasants by the Polish nobility etc. The analysis of these texts shows the lack of divergence in the interests of the Polish and Ruthenian communities in Galicia in the face of the national uprising. …”
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Was Sor Juana a Sphinx? Monstrosity and the Poetics of Dedication in Her Transoceanic Enigmas by Víctor Sierra Matute

“…It examines her engagement with the literary academy, Casa del Placer, believed to have included nuns from Portuguese convents and women of the nobility. Specifically, the study analyzes Sor Juana’s final poetic work, the Enigmas ofrecidos a la Casa del Placer (1695), comprising twenty unanswerable poetic enigmas. …”
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