| 单词 | aristocracy |
| 例句 | Within these walls, scholars were the aristocracy, and everyone else their servants—especially the librarians, whose directive was to support them in their important work. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It is as if composers felt their job was not to join the revolutionaries, but to keep the aristocracy calm. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z We know that goblin women fight and rule alongside their men—hulking, ugly beasts, dreadfully unlike the beauties of our own elfin aristocracy, who are bred for their delicacy to be ornaments to society. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z In a separate correspondence about the same time with John Taylor, another prominent Virginia planter and political thinker who had also questioned Adams’s views on aristocracy, Adams called attention to the irony of the situation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The 1933 Solvay Conference on Physics brought together the sciences aristocracy, including a score of current or future Nobel laureates. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Prussian aristocracy was serving in the German army, fighting for their land and titles. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Adams was fully prepared to include Jefferson as a charter member of the natural aristocracy that made and then secured the American Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This time the black workers refused to defer to the black aristocracy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z To give voting rights to African Americans over women was to endorse what Stanton called the “aristocracy of sex.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They were America's first and, in many respects, its only natural aristocracy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The positions of trust were given only to the common criminals, especially the gangsters and the murderers, who formed a sort of aristocracy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z What Adams could never quite fathom, and Jefferson understood intuitively, was that the very word “aristocracy” had become an epithet in the political culture of postrevolutionary America. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It depicts the American Revolutionas a liberation movement, a clean break not just from English domination but also from the historic corruptions of European monarchy and aristocracy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They were forming a new aristocracy, a new breed of glittering men, and Chamberlain had come to crush it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was my first experience with the high life, associated in my mind with decaying European aristocracy. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He had nothing in common with the stray dogs in the street, much less with the thoroughbred racers that assorted families of the aristocracy were raising. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Here I think I should remind you that my family is long-established in rather the upper echelons of the British aristocracy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z One cannot help but suspect that the beleaguered aristocracy of Virginia saw in Hamilton and his beloved commercial elite of the northern cities the American replicas of British bankers who were bleeding them to death. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His enigmatic beauty seemed better suited for dim Gothic chambers and the silence of ruined castles, aristocracy that had cracked around the edges, clothed itself in ivy, and crawled back into the wilderness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He was no nobleman, belonging to any aristocracy, no artisan belonging to any guild and finding refuge in it, sharing its life and language. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Ansley was part of an aristocracy that brooked no intrusion, at least not now, Ben thought. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The North has those huge bloody cities and a thousand religions, and the only aristocracy is the aristocracy of wealth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “He has a childlike faith in the integrity of civil servants and he seems to think Congress corresponds to their aristocracy. No understanding of American politics a-tall.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z In the Adams formulation, aristocracies were to society as the passions were to the individual personality, permanent fixtures susceptible to disciplined containment and artful channeling, but never altogether removable. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Sol Spiegelman and I went straight for a butler carrying smoked salmon and champagne, and after a few minutes sensed the value of a cultivated aristocracy. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Peasants were people who were forced into poverty when the aristocracy took over all the land they had once used. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It is not aristocracy for some of the people, but a democracy for all of the people. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The message of my first meeting with the aristocracy was clear. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The new aristocracy was made up for the most part of bureaucrats, scientists, technicians, trade-union organizers, publicity experts, sociologists, teachers, journalists, and professional politicians. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z These tragic deaths may lead our nation to substitute an aristocracy of character for an aristocracy of color. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They were not wholly of the American aristocracy but tolerably close, with connections and affluence that endowed Alfred with upper-class tastes and bearing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His face was noble; a face sculpted from an aggrieved aristocracy that was bleeding out through weak tributaries in the long delta of the twentieth century. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Their many societies had developed rigid social and economic class structures in which wealth and power were concentrated among monarchies, aristocracies, and the Catholic Church. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It almost hurts to look at him—the athlete’s focus, all the dressings of aristocracy laid wide open for him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Led by a Brit, Louis Lester, the band prove a runaway hit with the hard-partying aristocracy – royalty, even – until power struggles and racism, class and sex, churn up the waters of their briefly luxurious voyage. Dancing on the Edge: what was life really like for black jazz bands in 1930s Britain? 2013-02-04T17:46:28Z Patronage of church, state and aristocracy identified artists for the Renaissance, when they began to act as independent contractors. What is an artist? Peter Plagens' 'Bruce Nauman' illuminates 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z For Chinese élites who are eager to adopt lifestyles commensurate with their massive wealth, such status symbols lend a recognizable veneer of Western-style aristocracy. China’s Butler Boom 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z One of his key arguments is that today’s wealthy, unlike the aristocracy of old, overwhelmingly work for a living, often in soul-crushing “extreme jobs” that demand 60, 80, even 100 hours a week. The Meritocrat Who Wants to Unwind the Meritocracy 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z At this time Van Dyck, an artist from Antwerp, was establishing himself as the glamorous portraitist of the English court and aristocracy. Death becomes her: Van Dyck's Venetia, Lady Digby, on Her Deathbed 2012-08-27T14:03:15Z But I can’t help but recall that scene in the movie version of “Doctor Zhivago” where the czarist aristocracy sips champagne at an opulent gala, oblivious to the revolution occurring in the streets outside. Snoop Dogg’s for-the-people label and an exclusive club mark extreme poles of the wine world 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z That is, the days when dancers lived in the royal palace, enjoying special privileges and performing only for the aristocracy, are long gone. Heavenly emissaries Royal Ballet of Cambodia descend on Long Beach 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z To them the Russells are vulgar robber barons who came from nowhere, outfitted their garish palace with castoffs from European aristocracy and must never entire their social circle. "The Gilded Age" is a glittery confection that's more "Dynasty" than "Downton Abbey" 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The “Downton” red is a genteel departure for the firm, a French claret reminiscent of those favored by the early 20th-century British aristocracy. ‘Downton Abbey’ enters merchandise fray 2013-08-16T02:18:00Z It's a very human story and I'd never seen it before, particularly set in Hawaii amid that kind of decaying aristocracy. Alexander Payne dishes on "The Descendants" 2011-11-18T14:24:20Z His father, probably a member of the minor aristocracy, was poor and died when Confucius was 3. Art Review: At China Institute, Envisioning Confucius, an Abstraction 2010-03-25T22:43:00Z The Yankee elites have always known this — and feared what would happen if that kind of aristocracy took control of the country. Southern values revived 2012-07-01T22:00:00Z Sub-debs, for instance, were called that because at that time real debutantes represented a very strong American aristocracy. | Filmmaker Matt Wolf on the Origins of Teenage Culture 2014-03-11T21:24:59Z Like a modern Labor Party politician, Cromwell tries to pass poor laws and work programs in the face of mighty resistance from Parliament and the aristocracy. “Tubes”: What the Internet is made of 2012-05-28T00:30:00Z The historic homes of the English aristocracy are famously nightmarish to maintain: Roofs leak, rot creeps, and coffers deplete. Preview an Auction of Artworks and Antiques from Castle Howard 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Her family’s iconic fashion house, J. Mendel, was founded in St. Petersburg in the 1870s and was the official furrier to the Russian aristocracy. Brand to Know: Coats (and Home Goods) Made Entirely of Faux Fur 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Plantation America From its origins in the fever swamps of the lowland south, the worldview of the old Southern aristocracy can now be found nationwide. Southern values revived 2012-07-01T22:00:00Z Instead, Rocky rightly understands that his true selling point is his aesthetic perspective, be it his aggressively forward-looking fashion, his expansive taste in music or his mild air of hood aristocracy. Review: ASAP Rocky Returns to a Haze in ‘At.Long.Last.ASAP’ 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The basic concept of opera — putting dramatic presentations to music — is universal, but the modern version was created at the end of the 16th century for the Italian aristocracy. Revel in opera in Italy 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z A host of summer shows are reveling in British aristocracy and social structure. British are ready to rule U.S. TV sets this summer 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z When I think about British aristocracy, I think of people like him — eccentrics with a noble commitment to English high culture and all sorts of interesting stuff in their back closet. England’s castles and manors have a story to tell 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z The American republic has often reacted to the British monarchy and aristocracy it spurned at birth, and intermittently tried to create a replacement via means including movie stardom, Ivy League education and Wall Street. Zsa Zsa Gabor: oddly modern figure shaped contemporary celebrity 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z There was a time when one probably had to be a committed Revolutionary War buff or an aficionado of early Albany aristocracy to know the name Philip J. Schuyler. Philip Schuyler Is Knocked Off His Pedestal in Albany 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Henry's policy was to decrease the power of the aristocracy by concentrating patronage in his court. Anne Boleyn and the theatre of reformation 2011-07-08T21:55:13Z Films such as these display specific contemporary anxieties about population growth but build, cinematically, on a foundation laid when the underground proletariat toiled to provide for the high-rise aristocracy in Fritz Lang’s 1927 film Metropolis. From Infinity War to Okja: why overpopulation is cinema's crisis du jour 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Q: Faraday, the film's ostensible hero, is a bit of a stuffed shirt, and Caroline, a representative of the snooty aristocracy, is quite captivating. Is ‘The Little Stranger’ a ghost story or an allegory about Donald Trump? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z “It was just wretched excess. But it was a glorious time that celebrated the new American aristocracy.” Christine Baranski Is an Expert in ‘Gilded Glamour’ 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Born into British aristocracy and a daughter of a well-known politician and a biographer, Fraser’s early years provide material as vivid and character-rich as her popular histories. Antonia Fraser’s ‘My History’: The biographer and mom of six looks back 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Tolstoy was a master of juxtaposition, and his novel oscillates between the ugliness of battle and the blissful ignorance of aristocracy. A Peerless ‘War and Peace’ Film Is Restored to Its Former Glory 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z “Those factories were channeling unimaginable wealth to a growing aristocracy,” the narration says. Review: ‘American Experience’ Traces President Garfield’s Assassination 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z All of them are members of huge crime families or American aristocracy, living in a modern world polluted but brimming with decadent glamour. ‘Seven Black Diamonds’ by Melissa Marr: Faeries for the environment 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Could it be that America, whose founding principle was a revolutionary rejection of aristocracy, finds it necessary to substitute artists and entertainers for titled lords and ladies? 'Breaking Through' shows seamy side of stoking the star-making machinery 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z And that rat race was far from over, at least if graduates wanted to maintain their, and their children’s, place in the “new aristocracy” of merit. The Meritocrat Who Wants to Unwind the Meritocracy 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Stately homes such as Castle Howard in North Yorkshire will also mark the centenary with exhibitions about the losses suffered by the aristocracy. Authors prepare to mark centenary of first world war with flood of new books 2013-06-09T08:30:02Z The text reads like an unfunny parody of a lost British aristocracy. Review | Hipster style at its most annoying 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Few groups were as much on the wrong side of history as the aristocracy of Imperial Russia. 'Former People:' the decline and fall of Russia's glittering aristocracy 2012-10-10T22:09:03Z She masterfully chronicles the forces that dragged the planet into World War I, from the self-satisfied English aristocracy to the poor throughout Europe yearning for revolution. Critics' Picks: 'The Proud Tower,' 'Big Beautiful Dark and Scary' ? and moms 2012-05-09T22:00:06Z Born in Tel Aviv, Kaniuk was the epitome of Israeli "aristocracy". Yoram Kaniuk 2013-06-10T11:58:08Z Gibbs was of an older guard, a child of the American aristocracy, overeducated and self-hating in his own way, who found a calling putting others in their place with uncommon edge. TIME Recommends: Forward Run to this Wolcott Gibbs Anthology 2011-10-25T14:34:09Z Fifty years ago, it was the home of the aristocracy. Couldn’t Get Into Annabel’s? At Least You Can Own a Piece of It 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z It is more glamorous on dad's side: Italy, the aristocracy, and a banker to the Vatican called Giovanni Torlonia with a fat villa outside Rome. TV Review: Who Do You Think You Are? Brooke Shields and Urban Fox Attack 2010-07-05T05:45:00Z Just generally, an aristocracy of wealth is a cause for concern. Elon Musk, Blasting Off in Domestic Bliss 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z The Green is a blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot and petit verdot, and it tastes like a brash young Bordeaux before it learns it belongs to aristocracy. This $15 red from Turkey tastes like a young Bordeaux without the price tag 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z So, in my completely uneducated opinion, a combination of King Hamlet's will, Gertrude's legal rights, and a supportive aristocracy led Claudius to assume the throne over Prince Hamlet. Why didn't Hamlet become king? 2013-05-22T15:24:00Z “The novel and opera are about the end of the aristocracy in Scotland, and it became an incredibly poor country very quickly,” he said in an interview. Met moves Donizetti opera to decaying American town 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z “I remember when I was 11 and I first saw Visconti’s ‘The Leopard’,” he said, referring to the 1963 film by the neorealist director Luchino Visconti about Sicily’s decadent 19th-century aristocracy. Christian Lacroix Puts Opulence into a ‘Midsummer Night’s’ Ballet 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Disraeli never lost his belief that his party needed to embrace the working class, rather than merely represent the aristocracy. One nation in one man: the portrait of Benjamin Disraeli 2012-10-03T14:52:44Z A lucrative secondary market would arise in educational theme parks dedicated to potential state systems: democracy, monarchy, aristocracy and outright tyranny. Bubbles by Peter Sloterdijk, translated by Wieland Hoban - review 2012-02-10T22:55:00Z The likeness of Luke Gardiner, First Viscount Mountjoy, was a reminder of the extraordinary heights to which the portraitist of the British aristocracy occasionally rose. Old Masters Rush In to Save the Day 2010-12-10T12:42:00Z The characters in romances are often revolutionaries, but “the social affinities of the romance, with its grave idealizing of heroism and purity, are with the aristocracy.” A Better Way to Think About the Genre Debate 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z I looked at Thomas Askew’s lovely portraits of the black aristocracy, but didn’t find the young women whose lives unfolded in streets, cabarets, and tenement hallways. An Unnamed Girl, a Speculative History 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z In fact, Mr. Panichgul was looking at the styles of the Masai and noted a similarity in their careful composure to the clothes of the French aristocracy. On the Runway: Rope Line for the Elevator 2011-02-14T01:04:49Z As Morrison writes, “dandyism was not about being born into the right family. It was about a different kind of aristocracy, a new, modern version that was founded in individual talent, vision, and mettle.” Review | The volatile era that gave rise to Jane Austen and Lord Byron 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Gray, a scion of Irish aristocracy, spent most of her life in France, where she died in 1976, age 98. A Panorama of Design 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The protagonists were patrician stalwarts of the British aristocracy who, moved by a sense of duty to empire and the old order, were intent on delivering civilisation from the Devil's icy fingers. Truly, fangs ain't what they used to be 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z It is not the aristocracy who rejoices when the emperor wears no clothes. The secret lives of works of art: What percentage of a museum’s holdings are likely to be fakes? 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z “I want to create China’s Sotheby’s, and I want to recreate China’s cultural aristocracy,” he told a Chinese newspaper two years ago. Sotheby’s New Major Shareholder Is Already a Power in Chinese Art 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z The English aristocracy has taken a hell of a tumble. TV review: Country House Rescue; Waking the Dead; Celebrity Naked Ambition; How To Buy a Puppy 2011-03-14T08:00:03Z Seville aristocracy began decamping here for summer fun in the 19th century and a convivial, relaxed party spirit continues. 12 of the best beach towns in southern Europe 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z Its striking story of rebellion in an age of aristocracy is set in 16th-century France, adapted from a 19th-century novella by Heinrich von Kleist, a text ripe for reappraisal. Mads Mikkelsen Stars in ‘Age of Uprising’ 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z With its wood paneling, stained-glass windows and imposing stuffed animals shot by ruling-class rifles, it seemed to be art-directed for someone who might be mistaken for European aristocracy or Indian royalty. Waris Ahluwalia: A Ubiquitous Presence, However Unlikely 2013-12-12T01:20:00Z “A piece of paper recording the exact moment of creation in my opinion is the aristocracy of the autograph,” Mr. Corrêa do Lago said. Not Your Average Autograph Collection 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z One reviewer praised Jack and Rose’s “aristocracy of the spirit” and, while crass, it’s a point well made. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Titanic 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z For at one point, only the royal family and the aristocracy could enter the park. In the heart of Madrid, a park for all seasons 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Rare items that once belonged to Russia's czars and aristocracy include Faberge jewels and gold items dating from as early as the fifth century B.C. Spain's Prado museum hosts large Hermitage exhibit 2011-11-05T11:24:08Z Chocolate was soon a fashionable drink for the aristocracy, often given as a gift thanks to its high status, a tradition still followed today. From chicken to chocolate: the fascinating history of the Easter egg 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Rivers lives like old-school Manhattan aristocracy, and clearly feels the daily need to pay the bills. Joan Rivers documentary provides laughs, poignancy 2010-06-11T06:46:00Z Robert's father was successful in business in the 1920s and 30s, but rather looked down upon by the "aristocracy" of the army and the Indian civil service. Robert Kee obituary 2013-01-11T18:56:24Z It’s the new aristocracy and it’s not limited to Hollywood. Hollywood Uses the Very Women It Exploited to Change the Subject 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The Prussian princess Catherine the Great married into the Russian aristocracy in her teens. Glastonbury in England and Dark Mofo in Tasmania: Global Arts Guide 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Now there is a weird aristocracy of music, where people automatically assume classical music is superior to rock'n'roll. The conversation: Classical music vs rock'n'roll 2012-07-13T19:30:02Z Perhaps sharing their grandfather's low opinion of democracy, the Caton sisters crossed the Atlantic to Regency England to infiltrate the aristocracy. Sisters of Fortune by Jehanne Wake - review 2011-08-19T21:55:03Z Further on, there’s a noticeable shift in 1917 and through the 1920s and beyond, as painters turned their attention from aristocracy to farmers and bus conductors. Searching for signs of the Soviets in St Petersburg 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z He was the first citizen to break into the exclusive governing class of aristocracy. Compassion, Sacrifice, Endurance 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Many sources say Mr. Scully was briefly married in the mid-1970s to Carolyn Christie, a shirttail member of the British aristocracy, but his brother said he doubted that was a legal tie. Rock Scully, Grateful Dead’s Manager Who Put the Band on Records, Dies at 73 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z So big is the gap between Moscow and the rest of the country it resembles the historical gulf between Russia's French-speaking aristocracy and its serfs. Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love With Vladimir Putin by Ben Judah – review 2013-06-27T11:00:02Z If you have been to some of the great palaces of the British aristocracy — Blenheim, Chatsworth or Burghley House — you have seen Brown’s work. The landscape architect who bottled nature 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Once popular with Russian aristocracy, as well as the composer Tchaikovsky, today it is a place of idiosyncratic museums: the Museum of the Coastal Swedes, and the Laanemaa Museum, showcasing spa culture from 1825. 20 of the best Baltic beach holidays 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z To understand her situation, Fuller invokes her family history, contending with her fraught genealogical inheritance, including a paternal grandmother who drank herself mad amid the swells of the British aristocracy. ‘Leaving Before the Rains Come’: the latest chapter in a life chaotically lived 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z In contrast to other European countries, Britain's aristocracy also managed to avoid obliteration by adapting and assimilating. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z In the 1730s, as Handel’s London audiences gradually broadened into the middle class from the aristocracy, they lost much of their interest in his Italian-language operas, which had thrilled the cognoscenti for years. Review: A Handel Oratorio Gave the People What They Wanted 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Jesus opposed not only the Roman overlords, Mr. Aslan writes, but also their representatives in Palestine: “the Temple priests, the wealthy Jewish aristocracy, the Herodian elite.” Books of The Times: Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’ 2013-08-05T19:15:02Z While she may be deft with serving trays and choosing the proper linen, her first meaty role was that of a lady of England’s aristocracy in the detective series “Lovejoy,” with Ian McShane. How Mrs. Hughes served ‘Downton’ a nip of Scotch 2013-12-24T21:40:44Z The tradition doesn’t hold in this country, where our aristocracy is based on money and class rather than royalty; where we often use the word dowager as an insult for the female elderly. Don’t slouch, young lady 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z As the success of “Downton Abbey” displayed, there’s a global fascination with the British royal family and aristocracy. In ‘The Crown,’ a Young Queen, but a Young Woman, Too 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The concept of marriage based on dowry — a common custom between wealthy American women and cash-poor British aristocracy at the turn of the century — grates on Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Lady Cora. ?Downton Abbey? Inspires Themed Viewing Parties 2012-01-18T22:56:54Z We will be European aristocracy, at least for several days. For a decidedly French experience, visit Buenos Aires, ‘the Paris of Latin America’ 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z When that aristocracy threw its support behind secession in defense of slavery, Johnson loudly, proudly dissented. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z That's why the aristocracy were so reluctant to kill kings unless they could cast serious doubt over their legitimacy. Is a catchy title really the best means of safeguarding nuclear security? 2010-12-19T00:06:14Z After decades conjuring the Anglo-American aristocracy clinking cups in gardens and drawing rooms, Ivory, the survivor, is ready to spill the tea. James Ivory, Famous for Buttoned-Up Films, Is Frank About Sex and Much Else in His Memoir 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Sigourney Rose is the last surviving child of an islander family that succeeded against all odds in amassing wealth and power among the Fjern aristocracy — and, consequently, were massacred by them. A Poltergeist Who Adores Apricots and Cat-Loving A.I. 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Then there’s sad Prince Yakimov, a down-on-his-luck descendant of the Russian aristocracy who cadges meals and wine throughout “The Balkan Trilogy,” Olivia Manning’s historical novels set at the outbreak of World War II. Books to Inspire Hunger and Thirst 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z “It’s one of the lowest rungs of aristocracy, but they seem to be able to do what they want.” The Baronesses Are Coming! And Filling a Comedy Gender Gap 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Sebba points out that Wallis considered herself part of Baltimore’s aristocracy, even though her mother at one point ran a boarding house. Books of The Times: Anne Sebba on Duchess of Windsor, Scotty Bowers on Himself 2012-02-05T22:22:14Z Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Try as I might, I am struggling to find something that unites the English aristocracy and the American redneck quite so clearly as hunting. Readers recommend songs about hunting: The results 2010-08-05T21:45:00Z And while she may not have projected sex appeal, she did reek of aristocracy, or at least her name, Astor, smacked of the manor. Woody Allen Reviews a Graphic Tale of a Scandalous Starlet 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z She was the ultimate insider, born into the New York upper crust, which she called “a group of bourgeois colonials” transformed into “a sort of social aristocracy.” Heiresses of Wharton?s Era in Fashion on Her 150th Birthday 2012-01-19T23:18:19Z The lush orchestral music exudes aristocracy, with lots of waltz tempos evoking imperial ballrooms. Perspective | If you’ve seen one princess fairy tale, you know what to expect with ‘Anastasia’ 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z For the first time since 2002, it will feature four German films, including Dominik Graf's "Beloved Sisters" about the relationship between 18th century poet Schiller and two beautiful sisters from the penniless aristocracy. German movies in focus at Berlin global film fest 2014-01-28T17:56:32Z Or symbols of an eroding, misogynistic American aristocracy. ‘Grey Gardens’ the musical coming to ACT Theatre 2013-03-14T20:59:07Z It’s been said that flyers are the “aristocracy of the circus,” and there’s some truth to this. My trapeze-flying adventure: Better than an orgasm 2013-03-16T20:00:00Z The late owner, a woman named Bertha Baumgartner, worked as a cleaning lady but was called the Baroness because of her somewhat suspect claim of a connection to European aristocracy. Review | Louise Penny’s new novel shows once again why she’s a crowd favorite 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Hatters has created toppers for royals and aristocracy. A Road Map to Shopping Like a Royal in London 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z These exquisite paintings are in the public trust, and an artistic tradition once reserved for the aristocracy belongs to all of us. ‘Divine Pleasures’ Celebrates the Colors of Desire in Indian Paintings 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z From which I could only conclude that the definitions of mental illness are different for the aristocracy, as both Herrenchiemsee and Neuschwanstein castle were follies in both senses of the word. Luther; The Fairytale Castles of King Ludwig II – TV review 2013-07-03T05:00:05Z The second is the soldier caste, originating in the warrior aristocracy of the feudal middle ages and emphasising heroism, aggression and discipline. Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A New History of Power by David Priestland – review 2012-08-23T09:40:01Z Hamilton, a painter established in Rome, made money on the side selling antiquities to the English aristocracy. Auctions: Roman History Leaves a Trail, and Fascination Follows 2011-06-17T11:30:06Z “One of the funniest ironies about the Gilded Age is that you have a society desperately trying to emulate the courts of Europe and British aristocracy.” ‘The Gilded Age’: What Is Fact and What Is Fiction? 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Lady Violet, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, is a member of the aristocracy, president of the Downton Cottage Hospital and a multiple winner of the Best Bloom in the Village award. ArtsBeat: ‘Downton’ Recap, Episode 7: Advice From the Dowager 2014-02-17T03:02:08Z In the Vogue shoot, Mr. Mitchell photographed Beyoncé as regent, perched on a throne in rococo crowns of spilling flowers, tropes of Renaissance portraiture and white European aristocracy. Tyler Mitchell: ‘Black Beauty Is an Act of Justice’ 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z When the aristocracy began to build public theaters instead of hosting performances in their homes, they included boxes for themselves. What’s in the box? Demystifying box seats and tips on finding the best seats for the opera and symphony. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The people of its community see the old ways of entitled aristocracy breaking down; new class structures are emerging. In Carsen’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Met, Verdi Through a Postwar Lens 2013-12-07T10:08:48Z "It was a revolt against aristocracy, the abuse of the king and queen, which was so extreme. " Daniel Joseph Martinez offers a front-row seat to a famous artistic murder -- starring himself 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z And you speak of a "natural aristocracy of talent." Q&A: Fran Lebowitz on Public Speaking 2010-11-22T18:45:00Z Lady Mary fleetingly questions the future of the aristocracy, only to be reassured — by a servant, mind you — that she and her ilk are not just relevant, but essential. ‘Downton Abbey’ Review: Back to the Past 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Despite all her disdain for the aristocracy, she seems awfully happy to mooch free meals off the Crawleys. 'Downton Abbey' recap: The Battle of Little Minx 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z "But at this date the merchants were among the wealthiest people in the land; they had far more disposable wealth than the aristocracy." Cheapside Hoard of 17th-century jewels set to dazzle at Museum of London 2013-06-04T14:40:41Z It was about “American girls who had come over to England in the late 19th century and married into the English aristocracy.” Heiresses of Wharton?s Era in Fashion on Her 150th Birthday 2012-01-19T23:18:19Z More recently he has expanded his repertoire to include female subjects, as well as models from Brazil, India, Nigeria and Senegal, creating the collective image of a global black aristocracy. Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z It may seem as if nearly everyone who matters had already made the move, but this week TV snares another big name: 72-year-old Jeff Bridges, a true member of the aristocracy of American acting. ‘The Old Man’ Review: Jeff Bridges Comes to TV and Goes on the Run 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Alexandria’s pagan aristocracy, to which Hypatia belongs, is challenged by a rebellious and increasingly militant Christian population, with the city’s Jews caught in the middle and its class divisions exacerbated by religious tension. | 'Agora': Rachel Weisz in a Tale of Ancient Egypt 2010-05-27T22:24:00Z In the process, they popularized the luxury picnic hamper with ready-to-eat provisions and expanding the consumption of tea beyond the aristocracy. A Road Map to Shopping Like a Royal in London 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The entitled aristocracy is losing sway as new class structures allow self-made men to emerge. Review: Ambrogio Maestri Returns for Another Round as ‘Falstaff’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z The focus narrows to Coe's long-ago heritage among the sugar aristocracy of Jamaica, yielding a Caribbean holiday for Coe and a potted history of the slave trade for us. TV highlights 24/08/2011: 2011-08-23T22:00:00Z Unlike 1984 drama The Jewel in the Crown, Rutman wanted Indian Summers to shift the focus away from the aristocracy and on to the ordinary people, who made the administration tick. Last days of the British Raj 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Both are responses to Britain’s enduringly ambivalent obsession with its aristocracy and royal family. ‘King Charles III’ and ‘The Ruling Class’ in London 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z “In the olden days, most art was connected to the church, except for the aristocracy,” Mr. Wolterstorff said. The Spiritual and Spectacular Meet at an Ultramodern Community Center in Connecticut 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z "Unlike the aristocracy," Priestland says in a Guardian podcast, merchants are not snobs. JK Rowling is wrong: it's money, not class, that we worship 2012-09-29T23:01:17Z We explored this idea that the aristocracy were reliant on the serving class — that they couldn’t move without them. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Choreography for ‘Anna Karenina’ 2012-11-23T21:30:27Z He’s clearly not on the side of the French aristocracy; he paints a picture of Darnay’s uncle, the Marquis, as dissolute, negligent and morally reprehensible — a man who gets what he deserves. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 6: A Tale of Two Cities 2012-01-31T18:00:47Z It is an affectation in the aristocracy; in the lower classes it is merely an excuse for avoiding work.” Books of The Times: ?Death Comes to Pemberley? by P. D. James - Review 2011-12-26T22:48:22Z Decades ago, I saw “Grey Gardens” as a story of a festering delusion of the American aristocracy and the closed circles of high society decaying into inanition and dependency. Movie of the Week: “Grey Gardens” 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z These bucolic scenarios appealed to the Venetian aristocracy, which was then building villas and cultivating farming estates on the mainland. Review: Bassano's Pastoral Idyll 2010-04-23T13:25:00Z Last year, I got stung myself by the aristocracy. Bleeding art: where have all the British philanthropists gone? 2013-07-16T15:47:26Z The revelation of that album — and the best part of Tuesday’s recital — was the work of Jean Baptiste Senaillé, a favorite of the aristocracy in his day but now an obscurity. Les Arts Florissants Returns to New York, Endangered 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin wanted to close the ornate theater, which he saw as a symbol of decadent aristocracy, but the Communists ended up using the theater for party gatherings. Russia's Bolshoi to reopen after reconstruction 2011-04-25T22:01:04Z But Warner decided to keep to the period of the novel, more or less, while aging the Marquise down into Camille, a sex worker, and Valmont into Pascal, a mapmaker exiled from the aristocracy. In ‘Dangerous Liaisons,’ Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton Play the Game 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Perhaps the biggest losers were the traditional landowning aristocracy, who were undermined by economic change, the abolition of serfdom, the advent of elected legislatures and the commercial feats of enterprising bankers and businessmen. The best of times 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z For the criminal aristocracy, the toughest of the tough, showing any sign of vulnerability or weakness is not usually an option. A Rusty Gun: Facing up to a life of crime by Noel 'Razor' Smith 2010-07-24T23:29:00Z When he died in 1937, the role of the British aristocracy was soon to change forever after the second world war. Portait of a neglected painter: Philip de L?szl?'s works to go on display 2010-03-23T15:44:00Z Once in decline, “the game got kind of fossilized and was preserved by the aristocracy,” Mr. Krznaric said. ‘Real Tennis’ May Be Obscure, but It Has Fans in Britain 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Down and out in Paris and London, knowing no one and with nothing but her pouch between her and destitution, what does this pure, delicate flower of the aristocracy do? A Roundup of the Season’s Romance Novels 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z And she depicts an innovative businessman who deftly negotiated Royal Academy politics and won commissions from the aristocracy and, later, the Industrial Revolution’s nouveau riche. An illuminating biography of J.M.W. Turner 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z At far right is a sofa on which Akhmatova lounges in a kind of domestic exile, a Chekhovian model of aristocracy in twilight, in Leningrad. Review: In ‘Anna Akhmatova,’ a Magical Interlude Reconjured 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Asked why she might expect such an entrance, the woman said, “She just seems like the epitome of spoiled, beautiful British aristocracy. Perfect and untouchable.” Nigella Lawson Was Never Just a Domestic Goddess 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z “Gosford Park,” like “The Remains of the Day” and “Atonement,” limned the grandeur of a fading aristocracy with glints of delusion and corruption. Critic?s Notebook: ?Downton Abbey? Stokes Flames for Season 2 - Review 2012-01-06T17:33:23Z She was thrown into a world of aristocracy and royalty that she had no idea about and has only really dreamed of. Sophie Turner: I Want Sansa to Have ‘More Kills’ on 'Game of Thrones' 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z The aristocracy in the 18th and 19th centuries knew this well, of course. Kenwood House and what it says about British art 2010-11-23T14:57:00Z When her band of Crows is called to the royal palace, Fie thinks she is there to retrieve the bodies of the land’s distinguished aristocracy. No Rest for This Teenage Mercy Killer 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z In South Africa, the pelts previously marked Zulu aristocracy and today play an important role in the traditions of the Shembe Church. The Meaning of Leopard Print 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Among other things, “Billions” is a show about American aristocracy, of two men burnishing a legacy that will etch their families’ names in the firmament for generations to come. ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 2: Nifty Shades of ‘Weiner’ 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The history of the expensive and disruptive royal visit echoes the British aristocracy’s changing fortunes, from the heyday of the English country house to its decline in the interwar era of “Downton.” ‘Downton Abbey’ and the History of Difficult Royal Visits 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z Though Verdi’s Falstaff clings to the trappings of aristocracy, he is a deluded, debt-ridden and comically pathetic character. In Carsen’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Met, Verdi Through a Postwar Lens 2013-12-07T10:08:48Z The front row, with its lineup of 20-something Euro aristocracy, was clearly the target. 2010-01-29T05:30:00Z The aristocracy continued to wield considerable political power throughout the 19th century, supplying many prime ministers, such as the 1st Duke of Wellington, the 2nd Earl Grey and the 2nd Viscount Melbourne. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z “They constructed their class identity on the basis of their moral rectitude, in contrast to the ‘immoral’ poor and the ‘debauched’ aristocracy. Separate beds are liberating 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There are now so many sweeping, multilayered epic dramas about everything from Britain’s crumbling aristocracy to Soviet spies that most people don’t have time to watch them all. The Emmys Have an Oscar Problem 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z He didn't strive to paint the court and the aristocracy – he was painting the courtesans and the street people, the hookers and the hustlers. Caravaggio and me 2010-07-24T23:04:00Z Eyres himself, he informs us, is a scion of "the Catholic aristocracy". Horace and Me by Harry Eyres – revew 2013-07-07T09:00:00Z A heartbeat away from the political and economic center of Lisbon, the lush slopes provided the aristocracy with a quiet, breezy escape from the city air. Outside Lisbon, a Verdant World of Castles and Palaces 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z A newly moneyed woman in Gilded Age New York is desperate to gain the acceptance of the aristocracy. ‘The Buccaneers’ Arrives With More Arrivistes 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Transformed into a luxury hotel in 1873, it became an essential stop for the European aristocracy on any grand tour. Tour Lake Como’s Magnificent Villa d’Este with Lee F. Mindel 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Initially conceived of as an emblem of working class simplicity, it was however co-opted by the Florentine aristocracy as the fashion of the day. The power of jumpsuits on "Claws" 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z At 75, he’s an emblem of and a catalyst for the New World’s longings for an Old World aristocracy. A Ralph Lauren Restaurant, the Polo Bar, Comes to New York 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z It was the SSO which first established the link between jazz bands and the English aristocracy that lies at the heart of this drama. Dancing on the Edge: episode one 2013-02-04T22:30:01Z A landscaped park sweeping down to an ornamental lake testifies to the power of an aristocracy that conquered the world – and whose gardeners reshaped nature itself. Kenwood House and what it says about British art 2010-11-23T14:57:00Z He is a believer in the Enlightenment idea of “natural aristocracy,” an upper class whose members have earned rather than inherited their status. Two Views of the Tumult on American Campuses 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z For a while, he hobnobs with celebrities and billionaires, imagining that he is “penning a coruscating catalog of the new aristocracy.” ‘Homeland Elegies’ Sings for a Fading Dream of National Belonging 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Thousands turned up in fancy dress to witness the cream of Scots aristocracy, canned in brass armour, tilting at each other on horseback. How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman – review 2013-07-12T11:00:01Z As she learns, one does not take orders to escape the outside world, especially at this tumultuous time in France, where the church is seen as in league with the hated aristocracy. Review: ‘Dialogues of the Carmelites,’ Under Will Crutchfield, Finds Beauty Anew 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The aristocracy here sets an atrocious example by holding on to everything it's got. Conservative promises to protect the arts remain unconvincing 2010-04-27T06:30:00Z The DNA test reported that Pi is a Great Pyrenees-Border collie mix, which means her forebears may have mingled with French aristocracy, and, yes, there may be some Chaser in her, too. Dog Feats Reach New Heights 2014-04-11T22:23:16Z Set among the backdrop of the family’s Edwardian English country home, the show’s 52 episodes revealed the nuances of an era in which the aristocracy defined life in England. ‘Downton Abbey’ Movie Is on the Way 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Because he is a descendant of some kind of demon-chasing aristocracy. Viewing Like It?s 1979: Science Fiction and Fantasy 2011-09-17T23:45:19Z The British aristocracy of the early 1900s featured in "Downton Abbey," however, is already making its mark. 'Mad Men' costumes get Emmy snub 2012-07-19T18:55:15Z Sandel raises important questions about the meaning of “fairness” in our society and the possibility of the so-called meritocracy hardening into an aristocracy. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Ms. de Havilland was both a classic Hollywood beauty and an honored screen actress whose very name and bearing suggested membership in a kind of aristocracy of moviedom. Olivia de Havilland, a Star of ‘Gone With the Wind,’ Dies at 104 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z He blames “the new aristocracy” and “invisible monopolies,” but also the divide between “two classes, rising professionals and sinking workers.” Speaking Truth to Both the Right and the Left 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Americans haven't had a monarch or blood aristocracy in so long that there is a sort of "Disneyesque" or "Downton Abbey" view of them, confused with fancy clothes, celebrity and material wealth. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 7: Of Love and Sacrifice 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z “Gallantry” is another value inherited from the pre- revolutionary aristocracy that I have been told is inherent in French social dynamics. Ne me touche pas… the shift in sex and power sweeping France 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z The essence of “Metropolitan” isn’t so much the U.H.B. but its twilight—the danger that it will be reduced merely to its social traditions and become as obsolete and as absurd as Europe’s titled aristocracy. “Metropolitan” and the Enduring Plight of the U.H.B. 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Julius is a child of the aristocracy who prefers the company of servants, lackeys and the working-class members of his neighborhood in Miraflores. Read Your Way Through Lima 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z With the rise in the wealth of the aristocracy in the 18th and 19th centuries, the libraries became such an important massing of fine books that some owners employed librarians. The most beautiful libraries you’ve never seen 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z General admission runs $115, but if you want to party like the aristocracy, there are packages that run as high as $10,000. New Year's Eve in Los Angeles: Where to go, what to hear 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Nations ruled by aristocracies were more impulsive, spendthrift and violent. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z As future UC president Clark Kerr would write, “The campus is no longer on the hill with the aristocracy but in the valley with the people.” California education’s painful decline 2012-10-02T17:01:00Z Ironically, though: it was that old Yankee commitment to national betterment that ultimately gave the Southern aristocracy its big chance to break out and go national. Southern values revived 2012-07-01T22:00:00Z We believed in noblesse oblige, for we saw ourselves as part of a natural aristocracy, even if we hadn’t been born into it. Why I left the GOP 2012-09-10T13:30:00Z The experience of being with the aristocracy in those days was very special. Couldn’t Get Into Annabel’s? At Least You Can Own a Piece of It 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The stories of the aristocracy in 18th century France may’ve taken weeks to dribble down to you. Here’s why you’re taking the tragic Bennifer break-up so personally 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Everybody here is a star, from the local aristocracy to the postman. Review: In a Blissful Musical ‘Twelfth Night’ in Central Park, Song Is Empathy 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Our critic Alexandra Jacobs wrote: “After decades conjuring the Anglo-American aristocracy clinking cups in gardens and drawing rooms, Ivory, the survivor, is ready to spill the tea.” Times Critics’ Top Books of 2021 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z There hasn’t been such a compelling sartorial symbol of revolt since the Sans-culottes seized on their trousers as the point of visual difference with the aristocracy during the French Revolution. The Power of the Yellow Vest 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z “I share your poverty,” declaims this wealthy son of aristocracy. Far From Home, but Not Far Enough 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z John Quincy Adams, a stodgy, colorless man who was the last of the be-stockinged founding-father aristocracy, was replaced by Andrew Jackson, a crude, uncultivated, impetuous frontiersman with an incendiary temper. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Tom Hanks (as Mister Rogers) ... and other perfect swing candidates. 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z He was the embodiment of a dissipated aristocracy too self-engrossed to see the approaching revolution. An 18th-century Parisian garden of delight can teach us much about what not to do today 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Inspired by the blue glazes used on 18th century Sèvres porcelain, initially reserved for the aristocracy, chemist Louis Jacques Thénard developed a synthetic, vivid cobalt blue pigment making it affordable for the masses. How new shades of blue made 'A Revolution of the Palette' at Norton Simon 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z With its tongue-in-cheek sensuality and gentle sendup of the British aristocracy, the film is remembered as an early landmark in '60s cinema, and York's unmistakable presence added to its appeal. Oscar-nominated British actress Susannah York dies 2011-01-16T14:47:10Z His subject was the foibles of the pre-war English aristocracy, which sounds limiting, but it was his subject the same way marble was Michelangelo’s subject. In Praise of P.G. Wodehouse 2011-11-23T16:50:44Z Some view the story as a critique of the aristocracy, which ignores what a sensation it was in Laclos' time. The enduring seduction of “Dangerous Liaisons” on stage, film and now TV 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z The concept of marriage based on dowry — a common custom between wealthy U.S. women and cash-poor British aristocracy at the turn of the century — grates on Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Lady Cora. Pass the tea and the remote: It's party time for 'Downton Abbey' 2012-01-20T02:19:11Z He was an avid reader of The Economist, while publicly dismissing it as the “European organ of the aristocracy of finance”. False consciousness 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z On the whole, it has been a feature that liberalism was more to be found at the upper end of the aristocracy, socially, than it was in the middle classes. ArtsBeat: Julian Fellowes on Viewer Criticism and ‘Downton Abbey’s’ Future 2014-02-24T03:30:09Z As the son of a Baptist minister, Boggs is a member of the black aristocracy, a beneficiary of “preacher money and a preacher house, even a preacher car.” The Best Crime Novels of 2017 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z The image of the British aristocracy wading through muddy quadrilles is irresistible. That Man From Stratford 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Many will struggle to recognise your portrait of what it means to be “lower class”, and perhaps even confuse it with the aristocracy on the basis of the inherent qualities you bemoan. My friends bore me and have no ambition | Dear Mariella 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z There is a feeling of people moving on with their lives and the sense of the aristocracy as a kind of endangered species. ‘Downton Abbey’: Saying Farewell to All That 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Lord Charles enabled the British and American publics to enjoy on television a send-up of the British aristocracy. Ray Alan obituary 2010-05-24T17:52:00Z Late Sicilian Baroque was a defiant answer to nature’s wrath, an ambitious affirmation of wealth and faith, delivered by an all-powerful local aristocracy. Cultured Traveler: On a Road Trip in Sicily, Churches Everywhere 2013-05-31T18:22:52Z “After decades conjuring the Anglo-American aristocracy clinking cups in gardens and drawing rooms, Ivory, the survivor, is ready to spill the tea,” our critic Alexandra Jacobs writes. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z All this extra leisure time and free headspace makes me feel like a member of the aristocracy, or a regular man. 'We tenderly drop the vibrator into the bin': how I Marie Kondo'd my whole life 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z The show also brings back popular contestants year after year, a kind of American Ninja aristocracy. The Great American Obstacle Course 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Walter was, right from the start, a disenfranchised member of the nerd aristocracy, exiled from his place in the elite by his own stubborn pride and the treachery of his erstwhile partners. Cross Cuts: How Walter White Found His Inner Sociopath 2013-07-24T14:48:26Z You're the only one in the group who hasn't ticked this box, which is a surprise from a member of the aristocracy. PR advice for Charlie Sheen and other celebrity dummies 2011-03-09T09:00:00Z The point of view of the aristocracy is the default position from which this book makes most of its judgments about what "the age" believed. Perilous Question: The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832 by Antonia Fraser – review 2013-05-03T07:00:17Z “Especially among the aristocracy,” he said in an interview with Salon. How legitimate is the annulment shocker that “Game of Thrones” tossed at us? 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z The look of the aristocracy trickled down to the masses. The reign of beige: In a political town, design stays neutral 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z The Alldunns are the aristocracy, and they’re trying to justify their status in society by saying that the creator chose to leave the others unfinished.” New York International Children?s Film Festival 2012 2012-03-01T23:48:26Z On an isolated archipelago off the coast of Georgia, where the vestiges of America’s Gilded Age aristocracy keep sprawling estates in tropical wilds, a controversy is roiling over a proposed spaceport. Last Stop on the Way to the Cosmos? No Thanks. 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z Madam Kate Woods ran a house “better known among the aristocracy as Hotel de Wood.” Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z Wigs were popular among the aristocracy, and useful in a pre-shampoo era. Rediscovering Obama’s Irish Roots 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z When King Henry IV set up at what is now the Place des Vosges in 1604, the aristocracy followed, building the sumptuous mansions that imbue the area with glamour today. My Paris: Seduced by the Past 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z The new aristocracy went along with it because they got an unequivocal statement, in writing, of their own title to the land. Domesday Book reveals the rise of a Norman Abramovich after 1066 2010-08-09T19:18:00Z When the club opened in late January, it ended a year of bureaucratic delays and quivering anticipation by the city’s night life aristocracy. French Impresarios Infiltrate New York?s Party Scene 2012-02-24T22:57:05Z He raised another point: Since monarchy and aristocracy are inherently unfair and discriminatory, some may see achieving gender equality in those institutions as redundant. In UK, aristocrats still face 'Downton' dilemma 2013-04-12T14:27:08Z “The aristocracy would have to be operated by the servants like puppets,” Mr. Wright said. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Choreography for ‘Anna Karenina’ 2012-11-23T21:30:27Z Jumping into the upper class bracket is notoriously difficult in Britain, since, generally, the main way to get titles, land and “good breeding” — the traditional cornerstones of the aristocracy — is to inherit them. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Some in the Mongol aristocracy who were drawn to Chinese culture followed this trend. Review: Groundbreaking Picture of China 2010-11-19T12:36:00Z In the fictitious Northeastern suburbs of Pine Valley on “All My Children” and neighboring Llanview of “One Life to Live,” she saw an America in which ingenuity prospered and aristocracy was so often ridiculed. Critic?s Notebook: Young, Restless and Glued to Soaps 2011-04-15T23:03:26Z To soak up the view of the abbey, weather permitting, take a picnic up to Rievaulx Terrace, an elevated grassy area created in the 1700s as a promenade for the local aristocracy. Five Reasons to Visit the North York Moors 2010-06-17T09:25:00Z Mouhot wrote of cottages with fruit gardens and country houses for the aristocracy “who come here in the evening for the sake of breathing a purer air than they can find in the city.” In Cambodia, Along the Path to Something Profound 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z But where Twain cultivated his plain-folks image, Vidal was clearly a patrician, a scion of the American aristocracy. Michael Mewshaw’s ‘Sympathy for the Devil: Four Decades of Friendship with Gore Vidal’ 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Kelley distracted Dee from his other areas of interest and persuaded him to move to Poland and tour the country giving lectures on magic and alchemy for the aristocracy and at universities. The fantastic Dr Dee: angels, magic and the birth of modern science 2012-06-25T16:52:34Z For princes and princesses of American aristocracy, these bittersweet transactions hold little suspense. ‘The Nest’ review: What happens when that nest egg cracks? 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z What, he wonders, if the highly educated harden into a hereditary aristocracy? What’s Wrong With the Meritocracy 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Brill argues that reformers ended up creating a new aristocracy even more entrenched than the one it supplanted. The Cry of the Centrist: In ‘Tailspin,’ Steven Brill Bemoans a Polarized America 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z "He attacks immigrants, he attacks women, gays, the new rich, the aristocracy, the emperor - he attacked them all." Simon Callow's critical re-appraisal 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z As far as this village is concerned, this weekend is a chance to celebrate what may be as close to a royal wedding as it gets in a country that lacks an aristocracy. Wedding bells awaken sleepy New York town 2010-07-30T02:51:00Z But her “oh, get over yourselves” attitude at times rubs the Los Angeles aristocracy the wrong way. Scene Stealers: Once Writer for ‘The Young and Restless,’ is Charging Into a New Episode 2013-07-26T18:07:51Z But it’s no more or less of a title than Andrew — or any member of any aristocracy — deserves to wear into a courtroom. Perspective | Prince Andrew’s titles were ridiculous. But it matters that he no longer has them. 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z We Americans are painfully shy of aristocracy even though we really do have one ourselves. ‘The Crown’ Episodes 1 and 2: Stiff Lips, Warm Heart 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Beaumarchais’s mischievous skewering of the aristocracy caused Louis XVI to ban performances until 1784, six years after the play was written. Theater Review: Sean McNall in Charles Morey’s ‘Figaro,’ at Pearl Theater 2012-11-06T22:50:17Z That includes cut flowers, fresh fruit and dead game animals, since recreational hunting was reserved by law only for the aristocracy. Art Review: Willem van Aelst Still-Life Paintings at National Gallery 2012-08-10T04:50:08Z They include some of her greatest artists, scientists, industrialists and statesmen and stateswomen; most of her older aristocracy; and her present Queen. Why the new British citizenship test distorts history 2013-01-30T13:00:01Z Her most recent novel was The Little Stranger, a haunted house story set against the postwar decline of the aristocracy and the birth of the welfare state. Sarah Waters 2011-07-13T09:17:12Z To take down the aristocracy once and for all, they find Song Kang-ho, a noted security specialist. Snowpiercer trailer: off the rails with Bong Joon-ho 2013-07-09T12:30:23Z Unsurprisingly, it was the dishes of the aristocracy that were the most bizarre and fanciful, part nourishment and part entertainment. Thanksgiving, medieval style: Give thanks that “Red Deer testicles” and “living eels in roasted pig” aren’t on the menu today 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Unless you, gentle reader, are a highborn scion of the landed aristocracy, the inheritor of wealth and privilege, the proud bearer of a patrician sigil, do you imagine they would care about you? Our “Game of Thrones” fantasy: Democracy is almost nonexistent in Westeros—and we like it that way 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z The show opened with the music from “Downton Abbey,” the story of love, war and crumbling aristocracy that has become a worldwide television hit. Fashion Review: As New York Fashion Week Ends, a Crisis of Identity 2012-02-17T17:58:42Z Those who could afford otherwise were limited to the aristocracy, a class that often chose to have separate sleeping quarters for marriage partners because few unions were based on love in the first place. Separate beds are liberating 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There is also a portrait taken from the home of Ukraine’s former state prosecutor that shows his blond wife dressed like a member of the ancien régime French aristocracy — a triumph of post-Soviet, crony-capitalist kitsch. Ukrainians Turn to the Arts in a Time of Upheaval 2014-04-29T21:46:47Z Certainly not with the offspring of the international aristocracy, a bunch of spoiled whiners and bullies who dismiss the American-born Charlie as a commoner, and whom Charlie regards as “the grossest forms of humanity.” Learning the Art of the Pickpocket 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z In Hamburg she helped found the newspaper Die Zeit, became a prominent figure in liberal postwar circles and stood as a symbol of decency among the Prussian aristocracy under Hitler. Books of The Times: ?Forgotten Land? by Max Egremont - Review 2011-12-28T22:10:01Z When the aristocracy fell during the French revolution, the painting became part of the public collection of the Louvre. The man who stole the Mona Lisa 2011-08-05T21:55:04Z It taps interestingly into the idea that vampirism is the essential prerogative, not of the aristocracy, but of the poor and dispossessed. Byzantium – review 2013-05-30T14:31:01Z And owning a tower — a castle, if you like – would satisfy what the literary critic T. R. Henn referred to as Yeats’s desire for “cultivated aristocracy.” The Tower That Enchanted Yeats 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The manufacturers are largely the same names as those appearing as plaintiffs in federal court — very much a Big Pharma aristocracy. Column: Big drug makers are whining about having to negotiate with Medicare, but they can't afford not to 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z “Feinstein represented San Francisco’s version of our home-grown local liberal aristocracy,” he said, who “care about civility more than they care about accomplishing anything.” 'I always think of her as mayor': Dianne Feinstein's legacy lives deepest in San Francisco 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Add to that the fact that Katzenberg is himself a former studio head, and is still viewed by many as an extension of the Hollywood aristocracy. With Hollywood on strike, Biden leans on Broadway stars in hunt for campaign cash 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Americans divide closely on whether they see actors as ordinary workers or members of a glamorous Hollywood aristocracy. Poll: More Americans support striking actors and writers than studios 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z When the country was unified in 1861, they had new freedoms from a weakened aristocracy. What is the Feast of the Seven Fishes? 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z “I mean, Thomas is on the Supreme Court. Even though they provide for these kids, this is the true aristocracy of America.” Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Toile fabrics were meticulously crafted with delicate lines, soft hues and a sense of refinement, making them highly sought after by the French aristocracy. Don't underestimate the versatility of toile 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Bolstering his argument, Adams pointed to the five "pillars of aristocracy" that philosophers had known from antiquity: beauty, wealth, birth, genius and virtue. Why the right is so terrified of "woke": There are truths it just can't face 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z To the very end, he talked about his belief in communism but that didn’t stop him from enjoying the spoils that come with being a member of the British aristocracy. Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce dig into a real-life MI6 double agent story 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Soon thereafter, a French-speaking ruling class replaced the English-speaking aristocracy, and for roughly 200 years, the elites of England – including the kings – did their business in French. A New English Dialect Is Emerging in South Florida, Linguists Say 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z After 500 BCE, a compromise government called oligarchy tended to replace both aristocracies and tyrannies. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, after 1815, conservatism continued to gain favor among those who supported the leadership and privilege of hereditary monarchs, organized religion, and the aristocracy. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The political aristocracy is eager to point at its ideological enemies, calling them the "woke" elite. Why the right is so terrified of "woke": There are truths it just can't face 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Some people in Australia are still hanging on to that British aristocracy idea and I was brought up in a version of that. Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce dig into a real-life MI6 double agent story 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z During this period, more than 10,000 loanwords from French entered the English language, mostly in domains where the aristocracy held sway: the arts, military, medicine, law and religion. A New English Dialect Is Emerging in South Florida, Linguists Say 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z It took about a century for the believers in the old Roman gods, especially the conservative aristocracy of Rome, to give up the fight. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z This system brought the brightest and most talented into government service while preventing the development of an entrenched and unchecked aristocracy. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z These days the actual political aristocracy — or at least their well-paid minions in Congress — are always eager to point at their ideological enemies, calling them the "woke" cultural elite. Why the right is so terrified of "woke": There are truths it just can't face 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z The loss of their warrior role often marked the beginning of the decline in the power of the aristocracy, and the loss of privileges that other social classes had not shared. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Its one interesting idea — here were two characters whose breaches of decorum and protocol scandalized a rigidly structured, wackily dressed and hopelessly preening French aristocracy — is interesting mainly as a commentary on Cannes itself. Cannes kicks off with controversies and chuckles as it returns to full force 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z This was a classic case of hoplites becoming increasingly angry with the political domination of the aristocracy. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Through this alliance many members of the ulama became landowners themselves, creating a religious aristocracy that gave them a level of political independence. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The independent Scotland we seek will be based on equality not aristocracy and on human talent and ability not entitlement of birth. Thousands join march for Scottish independence 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Slowly the Kingdom of Ethiopia incorporated this area, and Aksum became an agricultural community ruled by a landed aristocracy. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “Queen Charlotte” shows how the racially integrated world of “Bridgerton” came to be — through a mixed-race royal marriage and the extension of titles to Black aristocracy. Queen Charlotte and King George III: What does the 'Bridgerton' prequel get right? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z One percent of the population of the empire were members of the aristocracy, those men who were allowed to participate as officials in the imperial government and their families. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the practice affected primarily states with Hindu rulers, British usurpation alarmed all members of India’s aristocracy. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The archbishop will invite people from across the nation and Commonwealth to offer homage to the king, a rite that was reserved for the hereditary aristocracy at Elizabeth’s coronation. Many in U.K. Greet King Charles’s Coronation With a ‘Take It or Leave It’ Shrug 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Romanos was deposed and killed by his own aristocracy, and for the next twenty years, the Byzantine rulers struggled to restore order to their empire. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z While Charlotte’s real-life tenure didn’t permanently alter the demographic makeup of the British aristocracy as it does in this series, the idea that Charlotte may have had African ancestry is not without precedent. Queen Charlotte and King George III: What does the 'Bridgerton' prequel get right? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Ms Southon said the "fascinating" artworks showed "the full procession including the Duke of York, the full Royal Household, aristocracy and King Charles II" along with the royal crown, orb and sceptre. Charles II Coronation etchings found in cupboard 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z At the core of revolutionary fervor in France was the traditional division of French society into three estates—clergy, aristocracy, and commoners—that reinforced the wealth and political power of the aristocracy and the church. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Korean cuisine’s roots lie in the austere vegetarianism of the Buddhist temples, the hearty offerings of the rural peasantry and the sophisticated palates of aristocracy and royalty. The latest Asian culinary invasion: K-food 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Finally, he deplores the violent tendencies of the aristocracy by pointing out “that you murder one another, that you wage war, and that frequently you perish by mutual wounds.” World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “People on Twitter will joke about blue checks like they’re the aristocracy but I don’t think anyone actually thought that,” except for Musk, Darling said. What’s happening with Twitter blue check marks? 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Some said they saw recent revelations by Prince Harry as nothing more than a distraction — the machinations of Britain’s aristocracy at stark odds with the deepening economic squeeze being felt across the country. After a River of Revelations, Prince Harry’s Memoir Lands in the U.K. 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The Portuguese Crown’s willingness to share power with the local planter aristocracy led to the expansion of institutions such as hospitals, libraries, and schools and universities. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In his inaugural address, he declared: “The era of defiance is behind us. Let our goal in Virginia be an aristocracy of ability, regardless of race, color or creed.” Virginia Holton, Va. first lady who backed integration, dies at 97 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Second, the Christian Church and the Roman aristocracy offered a useful example of bureaucratic organization and diplomacy that the successor kingdoms adopted. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z There are a lot of other ways to be famous, and the rise of social media influencers and other micro-celebrities can be seen as a democratic upswelling against the old Hollywood aristocracy. How Streaming Has Rewritten the Script for Movies 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z He continues, “In one glorious snippet, Harry — that embodiment of English aristocracy — bemoans how ‘there’s a hierarchy of the family.’ Prince Harry and Meghan in Netflix documentary seek to control their story 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z In their second strike in less than six months, those truckers are fighting the bitter cold and the government's narrative that they are well paid "labour aristocracy". Fuel runs short at South Korean petrol stations as union plans general strike alongside truckers 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z “Our money is stretched to eat and live for a month. Labour aristocracy? That is nonsense.” 'We are not your enemy', say South Korean truckers striking for minimum wage protections 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z The popes had no armies, and they often had to depend on the unreliable aristocracy for protection when disagreements over church policy resulted in armed conflict with the princes of Europe. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776, for example, deemed it essential to preventing “an inconvenient aristocracy of entrenched officials.” The case for Supreme Court term limits just got better 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z The SAS was a rarity for the British military by mixing soldiers who were from the land-owning aristocracy with working-class men, empowering everyone to challenge orders regardless of class. ‘Rogue Heroes’ offers thrilling war adventure in the desert 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Marrying a duke also meant the duchess also had to adjust people addressing her as 'your grace', managing a raft of household staff and struggling to decipher the complex etiquette expected of British aristocracy. Duchess of Rutland: Powys farmer's daughter's journey to castle-dwelling aristocrat 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z The interior minister and a ruling party spokesperson have both called the truckers “labour aristocracy”. 'We are not your enemy', say South Korean truckers striking for minimum wage protections 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z When they arrived in the last remaining Christian outposts in the Middle East, they quickly fell to squabbling with each other and the aristocracy of Outremer. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson described this partisan newspaper, The Gazette of the United States, as 'a paper of pure Toryism … disseminating the doctrines of monarchy, aristocracy, and the exclusion of the people.' Republicans and Democrats see news bias only in stories that clearly favor the other party 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Far from her young life in the aristocracy, she was now living an existence no one would choose. The mysterious patient in room 23: The hermit baroness 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Free to roam on the Isle of Wight, "my imagination would run wild with the history of the place, whether it was smugglers or aristocracy". Donna Langley, the British film executive who wants to send Tom Cruise to space 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The daughter of millworkers in a Derbyshire town, she had a visceral grasp of Cromwell’s predicament, a striver in an era when commoners were considered lower life forms by the aristocracy. Appreciation: Hillary Mantel wasn't just a novelist. She raised the dead 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z What was the likely reason the aristocracy opposed the rule of Empress Wu Zetian? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Redonda has become a sort of whimsical realm for authors, artists and others who create what is widely called an “intellectual aristocracy.” Javier Marías, celebrated Spanish author, dies at 70 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Homes captures the flora and fauna of America’s aristocracy with exquisite precision. Review | A.M. Homes traces the frightening (and hilarious) roots of GOP decay 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Descended from Stewart kings and Scottish aristocracy, Elizabeth's roots here ran deep. The monarchy's delicate Scottish balancing act 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The point of social hierarchy and aristocracy is to sustain a class system that makes the rest of us feel inferior. Quit fawning over the royals: The British monarchy is a tool of class war and white supremacy 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z They participated in the exchange of culture, and the promotion of Islamic cultural institutions revolved around the courts of the aristocracy, mosques, and madrasas. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z His son, Charles II, was such a libertine that although he had no legitimate children, he fathered enough wrong-side-of-the-blanket sons to populate the British aristocracy. Can King Charles put Queen Elizabeth's legacy behind him and craft his own? 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z While the queen was surely beloved here, all the trappings of her reign – hereditary aristocracy, scepters, crowns, and jewels – remain antithetical to the American way. Congress speaks out in the wake of Queen Elizabeth's death 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z As her reign progressed, the old order - Church and aristocracy, the gradations of class and knowing your place - crumbled. Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The moment history stops 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Ruling authority in an aristocracy is in the hands of a small number of individuals considered to be elite members of society. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The Carthaginian republic was singled out for praise by the Greek philosopher Aristotle, who considered it the perfect balance between monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Roosevelt also recognized the need to convey to the voting public that he was not simply another member of the political aristocracy. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z An aristocracy would not arise, and if it did, its members would have been chosen by lesser men. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z At the time when Austen was writing, the industrial revolution was generating fortunes outside of the landed aristocracy, fracturing the class system that was then the backbone of society. What I’m Reading 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z After a political conflict with the hereditary aristocracy, Confucius resigned his position and began traveling to other kingdoms and teaching. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Thus, the ruling lineages formed an aristocracy of sorts. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The British American gentry modeled themselves on the English aristocracy, who embodied the ideal of refinement and gentility. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z In the 19th century, American magnates like Hearst and Rockefeller, keen to emulate British aristocracy, amassed their own collections of Oriental rugs. The legal war over Afghan war rugs 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z He’d attracted a following among Germany’s aristocracy, business elite and Jewish community. The wild history of the Bavarian castle hosting this week’s G-7 summit 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Though not a member of the aristocracy, Confucius rose from lowly positions to become the minister of justice of Lu, a province in eastern China. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z All Babylonians were expected to serve the gods, who were regarded as an aristocracy of powerful lords ruling over all. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z With the exception of John Adams, who was from Massachusetts, all the early presidents—Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe—were members of Virginia’s elite slaveholder aristocracy. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “According to the code of the drug trafficking aristocracy, having a private zoo was a prerequisite for being part of the circle of big-time drug traffickers.” Bloody toll of Mexican criminals’ fixation on exotic pets 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Some of the families that received payments over decades remain European royalty and French aristocracy. The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Similar to monarchy, an aristocracy is determined through lines of succession. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The British model couldn’t be replicated entirely because Australia lacked an aristocracy to populate an antipodean House of Lords. EXPLAINER: How does Australia’s election process work? 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Such individuals were members of what many Americans in the early republic agreed was a natural aristocracy. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z A democracy requires that the numerical majority exercises wisdom and awareness, the qualities Plato ascribed to the benign aristocracy. Opinion | School is for learning. That’s it. 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z She attempts to give her lower-class subjects a better life and fights against the entrenched Russian aristocracy every step of the way. TV DVD and Blu-ray reviews: ‘Dexter: New Blood’ and ‘The Great: Season Two’ 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Representative government likely has deeper roots than monarchies or aristocracies. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Having a Glock was uncommon, he said, calling it "a symbol of Isis aristocracy". El Shafee Elsheikh: IS jihadist stood out from the other fighters, court hears 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Powerful members of the aristocracy, well represented in Parliament, successfully convinced Prime Minister John Stuart, third earl of Bute, to refrain from raising taxes on land. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z In a democracy, education is the means by which the majority turns itself into the enlightened aristocracy that Plato warns us is necessary for survival. Opinion | School is for learning. That’s it. 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z But is it enough to simply place Indians among British aristocracy? Netflix: Where are the Indians Bridgerton dreamed up really from? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “Carolina stands for what people hope this country can be. In the Southern context, Duke is the elite Southern aristocracy.” Tobacco Road Prepares for Basketball Nirvana — or Apocalypse 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Historians trace the libel law bias in favor of the rich and powerful to the British aristocracy, which wanted to keep unflattering news out of the press. Do Russian Oligarchs Have a Secret Weapon in London’s Libel Lawyers? 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Democratic-Republicans opposed the Federalists’ notion that only the wellborn and well educated were able to oversee the republic; they saw it as a pathway to oppression by an aristocracy. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Those who thought otherwise were enemies of liberty and defenders of aristocracy, Lincoln proclaimed, and therefore faithless to American principles of republican government. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Except that the framers had no way of anticipating that a novel form of oligarchy would soon emerge to challenge constitutional democracies: moneyed aristocracies ruling by virtue not of formal titles but of concentrated wealth. Review | How to use the Constitution to rein in American oligarchs and save democracy 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z But in reality, this paragon of American hustle and reinvention joined a decadent and dysfunctional aristocracy clinging to its titles and property, both eroded relics. In a run-down Roman villa, a princess from Texas awaits her next act 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z He made frequent targets of the clergy, the aristocracy, and the government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay’s Treaty confirmed the fears of Democratic-Republicans, who saw it as a betrayal of republican France, cementing the idea that the Federalists favored aristocracy and monarchy. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z These voters cheered the veto message at noisy rallies, parades, and barbecues, and rejoiced at defeating a presumed aristocracy. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Government officials replaced the old tribal aristocracy, and later, a monarchy was created that allowed only the royal family to succeed to the throne. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Julian Fellowes may be TV’s pre-eminent chronicler of the British aristocracy, but his latest series, “The Gilded Age,” finds the writer in uncharted terrain: America. How accurate is 'The Gilded Age's' history of New York's Black elite? We checked 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z English knights invaded Ireland, and many settled there to form a new aristocracy. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To opponents, the Federalists promoted aristocracy and a monarchical government—a betrayal of what many believed to be the goal of the American Revolution. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z For him, slavery contradicts “the security of natural rights, the diffusion of knowledge, and the freedom of industry..., subverts the principle of democracy, and converts the state into an aristocracy or a despotism.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z I think that the reason this series doesn’t resonate like “Downton Abbey” is because in America we don’t believe in an aristocracy. Feedback: Joe Rogan, Spotify and misinformation vs. disinformation 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z George’s grandmother Queen Victoria had ruled a country largely governed by its landed aristocracy. Review | George V, the proudly ‘ordinary’ king who rebranded the British monarchy 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Because Mussolini played on the fear of a workers’ revolt, he began to win support from the middle classes, the aristocracy, and industrial leaders. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time, however, many settlers felt they were at the pinnacle of democracy, and that with no aristocracy or ancient history, America was a new world where anyone could succeed. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z By failing to include women, they argued, it put an “an aristocracy of sex” in the Constitution, based on the idea that all men were superior to all women. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Perhaps this was omitted in Kennicott’s piece because it does not fit with his aristocracy theory. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: How did this incredible photo come to be? 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z With “Downton Abbey,” Julian Fellowes proved he knew how to tell a story about the British aristocracy that was witty, heartfelt and delectably soapy all at once. The 18 TV shows we're most excited to watch in 2022 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z On the positive side, this policy prevented the growth of feudal aristocracies. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no natural constituency for the destitute of yore, although their stories far outnumber the aristocracy’s and say just as much about this country as the fortunes of any duke. Selling Luxury Apartments Where Oliver Twist Once Asked for Gruel 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z In that broad sense, the debate over the Constitution was indeed a class struggle between aristocracy and democracy. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z But throughout history, the aristocracy has pushed back. The Great Inheritors: How three families shielded their fortunes from taxes for generations 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z But he didn’t woo shoppers by whispering the usual sort of sweet nothings about heritage and the aristocracy. Perspective | Virgil Abloh’s wondrous success 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z By contrast, the landowning aristocracy in central Europe passed laws restricting the ability of serfs to gain freedom and move to cities. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Such things smack of aristocracy and are seen as threats to equality. Classical education critical for preserving Constitution 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Telegraph, Jackson’s chief Washington newspaper, Old Hickory’s cause was “the great cause of the many against the few, of equal rights against privileged orders, of democracy against aristocracy.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z An "aristocracy of wealth," Jefferson warned in his memoir, posed more "harm and danger, than benefit, to society." The Great Inheritors: How three families shielded their fortunes from taxes for generations 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Not very well known outside the country, the club founded in 1897 is part of Belgian soccer’s aristocracy. Surprise package Union back to glory days in Belgium 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Koryu society was sharply divided between a landed aristocracy and the rest of the population, including the military, commoners, and slaves. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, there’s no real chance in the modern era that any state will become a “monarchy” or “aristocracy” in the 18th-century sense. James Madison on gerrymandering 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z They fostered a “moneyed aristocracy” built on paper instead of land. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The alternative is to remain the strangely self-deluded country we have become: a hereditary aristocracy crouching defensively behind crumbling myths of merit. Review | How the self-serving attitudes of the 9.9 percent perpetuate inequality 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Today was the day Count von Count was being punished — both for being a member of the hereditary aristocracy, and for thoughtcrime. Opinion | Big Bird is a communist 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z In popular culture, the tradition of a leisurely afternoon tea is typically associated with the British aristocracy. A Somali-style afternoon break for tea and sweets will soothe the spirit 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z In the slightly alternative universe Rhimes created, Queen Charlotte, several prominent members of the British aristocracy and the coveted duke who is the impossible catch of the marriage season are all Black. Analysis | Casting Black actors in period pieces isn’t diversity. It’s history. 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Each of these segments underpinned one of the three classic forms of government: monarchy, or government by one; aristocracy, or government by a few; and democracy, or government by many. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The film is notable for not glamorizing the aristocracy. Review | In ‘Spencer,’ a messy but moving portrait of Princess Diana, Kristen Stewart inhabits the title role 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Are the genes that put warlords on thrones now producing a celebrity aristocracy? How millions don't know they're related to royalty 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z “Let our goal in Virginia be an aristocracy of ability, regardless of race, color or creed.” Opinion | The political courage of Gov. A. Linwood Holton reshaped Virginia for the better 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z “Let our goal in Virginia be an aristocracy of ability, regardless of race, color or creed,” he said. A. Linwood Holton Jr., Virginia governor who took bold stance on integration, dies at 98 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Eighteenth-century Englishmen believed that the rest of Europe and Asia already suffered from varying degrees of tyranny, but their own mixed constitution protected liberty by combining the best parts of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Now accessible to outsiders interested in gardens, viticulture and the complex relationship between the local aristocracy and the people, the resuscitated properties are an attempt to restore the town. In a Fading Portuguese Village, the Gardens Bloom Again 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z “It destroys the aristocracy model of theater seating.” Pasadena Playhouse to reopen with reimagined Go-Go's musical 'Head Over Heels' 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Although the idea of aristocracy grates on democratic sensibilities, in the modern age a true aristocracy, meaning the ascendency of the talented, should be an aspiration. Opinion | Rejecting meritocracy clashes with America’s basic premises 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z "He would add," Madison wrote, "that domestic slavery is the most prominent feature in the aristocratic countenance of the proposed Constitution. The vassalage of the poor has ever been the favorite offspring of aristocracy." Josh Hawley's deranged "Love America Act" is a testament to racist hatred 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Colonel William Byrd II of Virginia vividly illustrates the achievements, frustrations, and vices of the planter aristocracy. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Julie Montagu, an American viscountess, knows that marrying into British aristocracy isn’t as glamorous as it sounds. Meghan Markle couldn’t ‘switch off that American dream,' viscountess alleges: ‘Your duty is to the queen’ 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The 1896 Games in Athens, the first Olympics of the modern age, lasted two weeks and had a Eurocentric air of entitled aristocracy. Let the Games … Be Gone? 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson cultivated a lawn — previously a fixture of the European aristocracy — at his Monticello estate. Ditching grass could help your backyard thrive 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z It is an unlikely reformation for a woman who came from modest origins, made a fortune in the 1980s and could have spent her later years enjoying a sumptuous life of aristocracy. The Mogul in Search of a Kinder, Gentler Capitalism 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z Less than 1 percent of white households owned over 100 slaves in 1860, creating a planter “aristocracy” of about 2,300 families. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z A republic needs a well-disciplined but open elite — an "aristocracy of talent and virtue," as Jefferson characterized it, not of breeding or wealth. What "politics" does to history: The saga of Henry Kissinger and George Shultz's right-hand man 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z And just to add some extra drama to the proceedings, a member of the league’s quarterback aristocracy did his best to upstage the newcomers. What We Learned in the 2021 N.F.L. Draft 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z In his maiden speech, he summoned the lamentation of cultural erosion he’d been refining since high school, arguing that the “great American middle” had been overlooked by a “new, arrogant aristocracy.” Josh Hawley Is ‘Not Going Anywhere.’ How Did He Get Here? 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Perhaps the biggest giveaway that Penelope is Lady Whistledown arrives in the sixth episode, when Marina’s scandalous pregnancy — which predates her arrival in Grosvenor Square — is revealed to the aristocracy. Analysis | ‘Bridgerton’ dropped several clues about Lady Whistledown’s identity. Did they add up? 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Consistent with their grassroots sympathies, their supporters called themselves “Democratic-Republicans,” and sometimes just “Democrats” or “Republicans,” insinuating that their enemies favored aristocracy or even monarchy. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z It also believes in a natural aristocracy and that superior individuals deserve better treatment than run-of-the-mill humans. Can we save democracy from the two-party system? 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z So much for the myth of the “self-made man” or woman, and for America’s traditional disdain of aristocracy. Dear America: how do we create a better country in 2021? 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z Many love being around the city's intellectual and cultural life, or are part of its old aristocracy. New Yorkers knew Donald Trump first — and they spurned him before many American voters did 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z But the architects of electoral systems in postrevolution France and the United States preferred a republican system of professional politicians—an “elected aristocracy”—over outright rule by the masses, Van Reybrouck says. Jury duty for global warming: citizen groups help solve the puzzle of climate action 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Republicans thus condemned anything less than complete political equality for all white men as “aristocracy” but imposed inequality on nonwhite men and all women. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z For decades, he moved easily within Washington’s chummy male aristocracy, every bit the old-school senator. Opinion | Joe Biden, the inspirational plodder 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z The gilt of this period — staggering wealth accumulated by a tiny slice of the population — created a new American aristocracy whose members outdid one another at the true American pastime, conspicuous consumption. Review | Corruption and greed in America’s new Gilded Age 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Though he is the scion of a wealthy real estate family, the city's old aristocracy never quite accepted Trump. New Yorkers knew Donald Trump first — and they spurned him before many American voters did 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z For a price, you are dropped into another world, where you become someone who’s waited on like a member of the landed aristocracy, even if you’re a middle-class grinder like me. Review | Peking duck isn’t the same without the tableside show, but it’s still mighty fine 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Though hugely rich and successful, Byrd chafed at his colonial status and longed to enter the English aristocracy or to win appointment as governor of Virginia. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The community owes its name to the colonial aristocracy of the 1600s. At Calvert Manor, life is a getaway on Piscataway Bay 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The Guardian’s Adrian Searle is slightly cheerier, calling Wood a fully paid-up member of rock music aristocracy. Critics tell Ronnie Wood to stick to music ahead of exhibition 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z “The Founders created a ‘natural aristocracy’ of ‘virtue and talents,’ as Jefferson called it: rule by the elite.” Review | The charismatic, amoral, institution-destroying firebrands of U.S. history 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Had he born into, say, British aristocracy, we would describe him as eccentric. How psychedelic drugs are used as a tool of state violence 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z Lewis, who grew up on a farm in the Jim Crow south, and Robert Kennedy, born into east coast political aristocracy and white privilege-plus, were an unlikely pair. 'I loved John Lewis': how he and Robert Kennedy forged an iron bond 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z “It’s like briefly joining the aristocracy. Like some Dickensian novel where somebody is suddenly hoisted up to being presented at court.” Emma Donoghue wrote her terrifying pandemic novel before COVID, thanks very much 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Known as Edo, the 35-year-old millionaire property tycoon is descended from Italian aristocracy, according to AFP news agency. Who is Beatrice's husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi? 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The ideal of popular self-government always sat uneasily alongside the notion of a ruling natural aristocracy, particularly when the elite discredited themselves or abused their power. Review | The charismatic, amoral, institution-destroying firebrands of U.S. history 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z With 300 years of experience between them and fortunes forged in insurance and tobacco, automobiles and banking, the five foundations carry the cachet of America’s unofficial aristocracy. Leading Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z However, these laws do not appear to have been effective, and tensions continued to mount between the aristocracy and the wider populace, who were increasingly impatient for change. The Black Death led to the demise of feudalism. Could this pandemic have similar repercussions? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z The ruling aristocracy resisted the peasants’ demands from the outset. What history can teach us about building a fairer society after coronavirus | Richard Power Sayeed 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Fellowes calls the time “one of the first periods of where the warning shots were fired across the bows of the old aristocracy.” ‘Downton Abbey’ creator shifts gears with series ‘Belgravia’ 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z With his eccentric dress sense and colourful private life, the Marquess of Bath was one of the best-known members of the British aristocracy. Obituary: The Marquess of Bath 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z The inherent corruption in the very idea of aristocracy never looked so good. Review: At the Huntington Library, 'Blue Boy' and 'Pinkie' get new neighbors 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The aristocracy responded with force wherever they could, but they could not turn back the clock. The Black Death led to the demise of feudalism. Could this pandemic have similar repercussions? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z At the time the play was written, the Russian aristocracy was in twilight, the serfs had been emancipated, swaths of the taiga were being deforested. Why Tales of Female Trios Are Newly Relevant 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z They are, like everyone, at the mercy of whimsical, spendthrift monarchs, the king a “large, pious, conscientious boy”, the Queen wearing “diamonds like naked blades”, and a selfish aristocracy. My favourite Mantel: by Margaret Atwood, Colm Tóibín, Anne Enright and more 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth described it as "elegantly written" and "a beautifully observed evocation of the lives of the English aristocracy". Obituary: The Marquess of Bath 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z Worried about the threat to its existence, the English aristocracy banded together to tighten controls. For China’s leaders, pop-up hospitals are about politics as much as health 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z This was, in theory, the primary purpose of the secular aristocracy: to be professional killers, to defend the realm and to protect the clergy and the peasantry. The Black Death led to the demise of feudalism. Could this pandemic have similar repercussions? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Excellence remains an aristocracy: Great reviewers are nearly as rare as great artists. Commentary: John Simon, Clive James and the future of criticism in our culture 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z And, as the beneficiaries of meritocracy passed their benefits on to their children, they would form a new aristocracy lacking sympathy for those who failed to get ahead. Britain may be completely different to the US – but we can still learn from its election | Geoffrey Kabaservice 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z “To me,” said Czech American writer Jan Novak, their longtime friend and collaborator, “they are the true aristocracy.” Milos Forman, Ivan Passer and their 73-year friendship: Childhood, escaping Czechoslovakia and conquering Hollywood 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z A year and a half later, Kanneh-Mason is entering the aristocracy of revered classical soloists. First Meghan Markle's wedding, now a U.S. tour. How Sheku Kanneh-Mason charts his way 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z This was especially the case in England, where the aristocracy was more dependent on the cultivation of the demesne. The Black Death led to the demise of feudalism. Could this pandemic have similar repercussions? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the town expectantly prepares for the return of a scion of its long-absent aristocracy from Argentina, hoping that he will bring prosperity with him. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Black took on an air of cultured urbanity beginning in the Renaissance, when so-called sumptuary laws limited the wearing of rich colors like red and purple to the aristocracy. Ultra-Black Is the New Black 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z As much as there is an association with aristocracy and heritage, argyle’s meanings are numerous in 2019. From royalty to rebellion: the fashion renaissance of argyle 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Despite these differences, aristocrats and capitalists often intermarried, especially as the aristocracy lost the power to challenge capitalism. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Because slavery concentrated ruling power in the slaveholding class, “All the antient popular governments, were for this reason aristocracies.” When Republicans were actually republican: Is that a basis for renewal? 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z None of this went unnoticed by the occupying aristocracy, who spent four centuries throwing up country piles and upholstering the place with Italianate parkland. Paraic O’Donnell on Wicklow: 'There are 70 to 80 Agas per square mile' 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Known as Edo, the 34-year-old millionaire property tycoon is descended from Italian aristocracy, according to AFP news agency. Who is Beatrice's fiance Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi? 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Our secular aristocracy relies on the fecundity of the royal family or the sacrifice of its soldiers in contrived theatres of war to avert our gaze from problems nearer to home. If there’s a cardinal sin to be made, count on the Catholic church | Kevin McKenna 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z The aristocracy saw themselves as endowed with a superior essence that biologically separated them from the common lot. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Noting the same effect in the South, he concluded, “The Southern States of America, are on the same principle aristocracies.” When Republicans were actually republican: Is that a basis for renewal? 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z The danger of “a permanent inequality of conditions and aristocracy” is upon us. To rescue democracy, we must revive the reforms of the Progressive Era 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z He was everywhere: modelling, acting, designing clothes, hanging around with rock aristocracy and supermodels. Goldie: 'Saturnz Return ended one label exec's career' 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z A conscious choice to exploit the labor of Africans for the economic benefit of the planter-merchant aristocracy. Servants or slaves? How Africans first came to America matters 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z “Venal corruption to an extent we’ve seen develop in recent decades, they would’ve associated with the destructive nature inherent to monarchy and aristocracy,” he said. Column: Like Trump, the founding fathers were businessmen. That's where the similarities end 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z The West was moving back to monarchy and aristocracy, the common and ancient condition of the rest of the world. When Republicans were actually republican: Is that a basis for renewal? 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z That mission, Kronman believes, depends on embracing aristocracy, the original meaning of which is “rule by the best.” Review | A Yale professor frets about a waning aristocracy 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The politicans’ newfound wealth — mansions on Fifth Avenue or buying race tracks — generated a public outcry over the so-called “bogus aristocracy.” Making money off of politics isn’t new — it was business as usual in the Gilded Age 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Right-wing anti-capitalism has a long pedigree as a largely aristocratic regret, symbolized by railroads — the noise, the soot, the lower orders not staying where they belong — that despoiled the Edenic tranquility of Europe’s landed aristocracy. Opinion | ‘National conservatism’ is ‘Elizabeth Warren conservatism’ 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z There’s almost something egalitarian about the fact that Rees-Mogg wants everyone to get a whiff of aristocracy, even if they don’t have a dukedom or whatnot. What Jacob Rees-Mogg's language rules reveal about him | David Shariatmadari 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z The Ford-Iacocca showdown was widely perceived as a dust-up between the upstart son of Italian immigrants and the scion of the automotive aristocracy. Lee Iacocca, auto industry savior, dies at 94 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Just as a long series of fixes can never truly sever the SAT’s link to privilege, engineering a natural aristocracy isn’t all that alluring an idea to begin with. Jefferson, Adams, and the SAT’s New Adversity Factor 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z His research estimates that, at the lower end, the aristocracy and gentry still own 30% of the land, and potentially as much as 47% remains in hereditary aristocratic estates. By all means keep the Queen, but can we have our land back? | Phil McDuff 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Although the national conservatives’ anti-capitalism purports to be populist, it would further empower the administrative state’s faux aristocracy of administrators who would decide which communities and economic sectors should receive “well”-allocated resources. Opinion | ‘National conservatism’ is ‘Elizabeth Warren conservatism’ 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z He always was an outsider to the so-called planter class, or the white aristocracy of the South. The Author of a New Book About Andrew Johnson on the Right Reasons to Impeach a President 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z While at first blush this might not seem revolutionary, note how many of the top 10 world’s wealthiest people — and philanthropists — are from this niche class category: Did robber barons or wealthy aristocracy believe this? Review: Melinda Gates’ ‘Moment of Lift’ calls to break barriers that hold women back 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z In the thirties, James Bryant Conant, the newly installed president of Harvard, began promoting the use of the SAT as a way to create, finally, Jefferson’s idea of a natural aristocracy. Jefferson, Adams, and the SAT’s New Adversity Factor 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The main author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, Mason refused to sign the Constitution, declaring that “it would end either in monarchy, or a tyrannical aristocracy.” ‘The President himself may be guilty’: Why pardons were hotly debated by the Founding Fathers 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z What this demonstrates is the continuing importance of the aristocracy in terms of wealth and power in our society.” Half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Slow to integrate, and with only male members until seven years ago, the private club is among the most exclusive playgrounds in the country, a haven for masters of the universe and Southern aristocracy. Eye-Opening Augusta 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Few understand how much they worried about the emergence of one or another form of aristocracy in America, whether it was a moneyed oligarchy or a slave-owning planter contingent that spoke with a single voice. Adams family values: two presidents with a message for Trump's America 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Second, at least in this country, the natural aristocracy has not been as selfless as its many promoters over the years believed it would be. Jefferson, Adams, and the SAT’s New Adversity Factor 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Men’s Final Four berths, of course, come to basketball aristocracies in Lexington, Ky., or Durham or Chapel Hill, N.C., or, of late, suburban Philadelphia. With Texas Tech in the Final Four, Lubbock wakes up a basketball town 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The eldest son of Malaysia's second prime minister, Abdul Razak, and also the nephew to its third, he descends from political aristocracy. 1MDB scandal: The playboys, PMs and partygoers 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z |
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