The aristocracy is historically associated with a "hereditary" or a "ruling" social class. In many states, the aristocracy included the upper class of...

Aristocracy (from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā) 'rule of the best'; from ἄριστος (áristos) 'best', and κράτος (krátos) 'power, strength')...

emphasis was on aristocracy, which emphasized generations of inherited noble status, not just recent wealth. Because the upper classes of a society may...

Social class in ancient Rome was hierarchical, with multiple and overlapping social hierarchies. An individual's relative position in one might be higher...

are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy. They...

clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracy, class, or caste. Warriors seem to have been present in the earliest pre-state...

Labor aristocracy or labour aristocracy (also aristocracy of labor) has at least four meanings: (1) as a term with Marxist theoretical underpinnings;...

downfall of ruling classes in the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and later for the creation of Vichy France. Aristocracy Class consciousness Elite...

knight's fees were small) were likely excluded from the aristocracy. By 1300, the knightly class or gentry numbered around 3,000 landholders. Half of these...

Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an...

The natural aristocracy is a concept developed by Thomas Jefferson in 1813 which describes a hypothetical political elite that derives its power from...

middle classes, and formed a large and amorphous group closely connected at their edges with both the gentry and aristocracy and the labouring classes. In...

perceived members of the de facto aristocracy in societies that historically lack an officially established aristocratic class (such as the United States),...

looked down upon by the aristocracy as nouveau riche. In the United Kingdom, for example, the upper classes are the aristocracy and royalty, with wealth...

important for several centuries, and several Emperors rose from the aristocracy. Two groups can be distinguished: a metropolitan civil nobility and a...

1839–1865, ISBN 0-8078-2590-5. Miller, Douglas T. (1967) Jacksonian Aristocracy: Class and Democracy in New York, 1830–1860. New York: Oxford University...

emblematic of a Hanseatic lifestyle. Patrician (post-Roman Europe) Aristocracy (class) Gentry Burgess (title) Bourgeoisie Bourgeois of Brussels Bildungsbürgertum...

"middle class" came to refer to the combination of the labour aristocracy, professionals, and salaried, white-collar workers. The size of the middle class depends...

titled forebears prior to their eventual ascension to the ranks of the aristocracy. Although dominated by the titled men mentioned above, several kingdoms...

other national elites, such as the United Kingdom's aristocracy and the United States' upper class. In the United Kingdom, the black community has largely...

The aristocracy of Norway is the modern and medieval aristocracy in Norway. Additionally, there have been economical, political, and military elites that—relating...

embetsaristokratiet) are terms used by historians to denote the elite social class (aristocracy) of university-educated higher state officials in Denmark and Norway...

warrior aristocracy. The Sanskrit term kṣatriyaḥ is used in the context of later Vedic society wherein members were organised into four classes: brahmin...

Roman aristocratic class and they participated in governing Hispania and the Roman Empire, although there was a native aristocracy class who ruled each local...

Ireland Anglo-Irish Williamite Suffrage#Religion Aristocracy (class) Official Ireland, the "ruling class" of the Irish Free State/Republic after 1922 McCormack...

that of the landed aristocracy: Merchants and master manufacturers are, in this order [those who live by profit], the two classes of people who commonly...

1885 treaty of Tianjin. It rallied Vietnamese scholar-officials and aristocracy class that were loyal to the crown and motivated by Confucian ethics to...

leisured and working classes but also among themselves. Bildungsbürgertum Creative class Labor aristocracy Lumpenbourgeoisie New class Petite bourgeoisie...

bourgeoisie (not to be equated with aristocracy) in many countries; in some countries it vaguely refers to the non-noble upper class, especially before the 20th...

despotism, and dictatorship. Aristocracy is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, elite ruling class, such as a hereditary nobility...