aristocracy-ccebook-Valuable English Books

Aristocracy

Author: D. Appleton
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: aristocracy
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2009-06-04
List price: $30.99
ISBN-10: 1110406207
ISBN-13: 9781110406203

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Read Detail

Aristocracy and Justice

Author: Paul Elmer More
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: justice, aristocracy
Number of Pages: 258
Published: 2009-05-13
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 1110009860
ISBN-13: 9781110009862

The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher’s website. You can also preview the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a trial membership in the publisher’s book club where they can select from more than a million books for free. Original Publisher: Houghton Mifflin company Publication date: 1915 Subjects: History / General; Literary Collections / American / General; Literary Collections / Essays; Literary Criticism / General; Literar

Read Detail

The Aristocracy of Norman England

Author: Judith A. Green
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: england, norman, aristocracy
Number of Pages: 516
Published: 2002-08-19
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0521524652
ISBN-13: 9780521524650

This book provides the first rounded account of the new and highly influential ruling elite of England in the century after the Norman conquest of 1066, in which the old English aristocracy was swept aside. It focuses on four main themes: land (the transfer of land to the aristocracy, and the organization of the great estates), power (the nature of power and its vitality), politics (the aims and strategies of the nobles), and society (kinship, the role of women, and piety).

Read Detail

An American Aristocracy: The Livingstons

Author: Clare Brandt
Publisher: Doubleday
Keywords: livingstons, aristocracy, american
Number of Pages: 297
Published: 1986-04
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0385158750
ISBN-13: 9780385158756

Read Detail

The Augustan Aristocracy (Clarendon Paperbacks)

Author: Sir Ronald Syme
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: paperbacks, clarendon, aristocracy, augustan
Number of Pages: 568
Published: 1989-06-01
List price: $137.00
ISBN-10: 0198147317
ISBN-13: 9780198147312

While the monarchy established by Caesar Augustus has attracted much scholarly attention, far less has been said about the reemergence of the old nobility at that time after years of civil war. One clear reason for this has been the lack of reliable evidence from the period. This book goes backward to the early years of the first century B.C. and forward to the reign of Nero in search of documentation of the Augustan aristocracy. Syme draws particularly on the Annals of Tacitus to cover 150 years in the history of Roman families, chronicling their splendor and success, as well as their subsequ