The process of identity formation during the central Middle Ages [10th-12th centuries] among the warrior aristocracy was fundamentally centered on the paired practices of gift giving and violent ...
Dr DAVID SIMPKIN is Research Associate at the University of Reading. This solid and impressive prosopographical study makes a major contribution to our understanding of the history of the English ...
Rather, they were the closest thing the United States has ever had to a true aristocracy. Several factors, besides wealth, made Boston's Brahmins stand out as an aristocracy even from the wealthy ...