Search results for "aristocracy"
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Élites di governo e «mastre» ad Agrigento fra Trecento e Quattrocento
2002
ITALIANO: Sebbene le comunità demaniali siciliane acquisiscano un peso centrale ed inedito nei regni di Martino e di Alfonso V, a parte poche eccezioni mancano ricerche monografiche e comparate delle dinamiche sociali cittadine. Questo articolo prende in esame la città di Agrigento, in particolare la formazione dei raggruppamenti sociali, il loro differente ruolo politico e gli equilibri di potere tra i gruppi di governo, con riferimento alle istituzioni delle liste di eleggibili per l'elezione alle cariche locali. È opinione comune che le istituzioni di tali liste rappresentino l'affermazione della aristocrazia, sugli altri raggruppamenti sociali, nelle dinamiche urbane sin dalla seconda m…
Analytical studies of the Sirocco room of Villa Naselli-Ambleri: A XVI century passive cooling structure in Palermo (Sicily)
2015
Abstract This work focuses on a passive cooling architecture particularly popular from the Renaissance in Palermo area, as building sumptuous suburban villas became a real hobby for the Sicilian aristocracy. A Sirocco room is an artificial subterranean construction, built close to a water spring in order to reproduce the pleasant conditions of freshness that could be experienced in a natural cavern. In these places, nobles used to spend their time with friends to escape from the hot summer. The room of Villa Naselli-Ambleri is nowadays the best preserved in Palermo thanks to its owners’ conservation care and it is unique for its cooling operating principle. The above-mentioned consideration…
New archaeological discoveries through magnetic gradiometry: The early Celtic settlement on Mont Lassois, France
2006
The burial complex of the “Lady of Vix” was discovered and excavated in the 1950s at the foot of Mont Lassois (Figure 1), a mountain situated close to the town of Chatillion-sur-Seine in the Bourgogne region of France. The assemblage of the burial goods was rather extraordinary, including such items as an artfully crafted golden necklace with winged horses and a voluminous wine-mixing vessel, probably made in a Greek workshop, capable of holding 1100 liters. According to archaeological research, this member of the aristocracy must have lived during the period between 550 and 500 BCE. Several large-scale geophysical research projects were undertaken in the vicinity of the burial complex duri…
Comfort, the acceptable face of luxury - an eighteenth-century cultural etymology
2014
The introduction of modern amenities into European homes has been extensively studied by sociologists and historians, who have stressed the rise in consumption during the Georgian period.1 Some objects, such as mirrors, stoves, or umbrellas, were made available by technical innovations; others, such as tea, sugar, or mahogany furniture, became accessible thanks to the expansion of global trade. Other amenities, such as carpets, curtains, or marble chimney-pieces, were no longer restricted to the aristocracy, as living standards rose.2 As the British nation became richer, the number of affluent households grew as did their capacity to spend more on material objects. This signaled a change in…
Obraz schyłku epoki w powieści Ladislava Fuksa „Vévodkyně a kuchařka”
2017
Portrait of the end of an epoch in Ladislav Fuks’ novel Vevodkyně a kuchařka The subject of the article entitled ‘‘Portrait of the end of an epoch in Ladislav Fuks’ novel Vevodkyně a kuchařka” is the reflection on the last work of the novelist published in 1983. Apart from old age, which is the conference key matter and is considered mainly on the level of literary character in this case such strategy may be related to arepresentative of an aristocracy prince Leuchtenberg-Aulendorf, the author dedicates majority of attention to metaphorical understanding of this issue. For old age can refer to the decline of the ‘long’ 19th century, and the argumentation for such biological consideration of…
El prestigio de los objetos: mangos de marfil en el mundo ibérico
2020
El estudio se centra en una serie de mangos de marfil de características morfotécnicas similares, recuperados en espacios de hábitat y funerarios ibéricos y datados entre el s. IV y el s. II a. C. Se trata de objetos de prestigio al alcance de una élite aristocrática, que han sido elaborados con materias primas exóticas (marfil) y técnicas decorativas inusuales que indican una especialización. A través de análisis de composición por infrarrojo cercano por Transformada de Fourier (FT-NIR) y de fluorescencia de rayos X (pXRF) se ha podido documentar la presencia de incrustaciones de ámbar adheridas a la superficie de los mangos mediante el uso del estaño como soldadura blanda y el empleo de a…
Una fonte dalle molteplici valenze e chiavi di lettura: il testamento nel tardo Medioevo siciliano
2019
Attraverso l’esame di testamenti editi e inediti dell’aristocrazia siciliana, il saggio si propone di illustrare le diverse chiavi di lettura offerte da questa tipologia di fonte che permette di ricostruire elementi biografici, rapporti familiari, religiosità personale, aspetti economici, sociali e geografici. Verranno messe in luce le principali caratteristiche e le costanti dei testamenti in modo da fornire gli strumenti per la lettura e lo studio di questo tipo di fonte. Ricchissimo di dati, il testamento, specchio del vissuto e della morte, espressione della finitezza umana, offre speranze di redenzione mediante i legati pro anima e i legati pro malis ablatis incertis, ma, al contempo, …
Radicalisation of the British aristocracy : aristocratic decline, inter-war fascism and reactionary rhetoric
2008
The purpose of this study is to shed light on the relationship between the decline of British aristocracy and British inter-war fascism. It is argued that there was a link between the decline of aristocratic influence, achieved largely by political and legislative means, and the subsequent radicalisation of the aristocracy. Furthermore, the history and development of British fascism is examined especially in the aristocratic context, and the pre-war radical right groups are placed in the same continuum as the later actual fascist parties. The aristocratic rhetorical opposition to proposed reforms aimed at the democratisation of British politics is studied in the context of Albert Hirschman'…
Orphaned siblings and noble families in baroque Rome
2010
The essay investigates the impact of the premature death of the father on brother and sister groups in noble Roman families of the seventeenth century. More specifically, it explores how this loss reflected on the biographical itineraries of individual members of the sibling unit; how adelphic relations between the orphans were reformulated according to order of birth and first born or cadet status, age, and sex; and what forms of solidarity and competition were engendered by the loss of a father. Since demographic historians have shown that orphanage at an early age is an important variable, the author argues that it cannot be overlooked – as historians have done so far – in studies on fam…
Revival e società a Palermo nell’Ottocento. Committenza, architetture, arredi tra identità siciliana e prospettiva nazionale
2020
Il volume affronta ad ampio raggio il tema del revival gotico a Palermo, dall’architettura alle arti decorative nel XIX secolo, comprendendo i primi trent’anni del Novecento, e puntando a coglierne in particolar modo gli aspetti di gusto, legati alla committenza e al contesto sociale e culturale della realtà siciliana. Nel testo sono avanzate alcune ipotesi relativamente alle ragioni della committenza, suddividendo i primi due capitoli tra fase preunitaria e postunitaria. Nella prima fase la diffusione di restauri e nuove edificazioni è spiegata con la propaganda dei sovrani per sostenere la corona e, contemporaneamente, in ragione dei sommovimenti autonomisti di opposta natura, per il peri…