Sentences with phrase «founding aristocracy»

Instead of subordinating artisans and entrepreneurs to the founding aristocracy, as the ancient city had done, the medieval city was ruled by a combination of grand bourgeoisie and small capitalists.

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Looking over three centuries of Greek experience, Aristotle found a perpetual triangular sequence of democracy turning into oligarchy, whose members made themselves into a hereditary aristocracy — and then some families sought to take the demos into their own camp by sponsoring democracy, which in turn led to wealthy families replacing it with an oligarchy, and so on.

Indeed, Prussian Pietists found their greatest support from the centralizing state itself, which was struggling to gain control over the feudal aristocracy; so Pietism gradually took on political attitudes that supported absolutism.

True, Frank Wolf did not spring from the intellectual and political aristocracy of the American Founding; nor did he serve as ambassador, senator, secretary of state, and president; nor is he a crusty curmudgeon like the Adams portrayed brilliantly by Anthony Hopkins in the film Amistad.

The founding fathers were concerned enough about this to reject inherited titles and the other trappings of European aristocracy in favor of an egalitarian society, in which privilege was not heritable.

Davis has everything that Lopez doesn't in Maid in Manhattan: modesty, natural beauty, charisma, a wry sense of humour — you could watch a whole movie about this persona, which is probably what Hughes had in mind, and her one sequence ends with a joke that also happens to be a far more accurate representation of the subtle fear that aristocracy puts in the minimum - wager than any of the Cinderella markers you'll find in Maid in Manhattan.

The protagonist is Aveline de Granpre, a French - African orphan who finds herself cast into the Louisiana aristocracy via her caring (and maddeningly underdeveloped) adoptive parents.

An undisputed member of the peerage of the automotive aristocracy, Aston Martin boasts a history going all the way back to 1913, when its parent company was founded by Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin as Bamford & Martin Ltd..

Because of the draconian trade restrictions imposed on its colonies by Spain, Tenerife remained one of the only ports open to Cuba for trade, and it would appear these little dogs, who soon found their way into the homes of the resident Spanish aristocracy, developed without much outside influence.

Originally a companion of rich folks, the dog fell out of favor with the aristocracy around the 19th century but found loving arms in the German working class.

Here you'll find soaring medieval cathedrals; grand country mansions of the aristocracy, filled with paintings, furniture, and tapestries and set in elegantly landscaped grounds; and grim fortified castles, whose gray - stone walls held fast against all challengers.

However, even the most democratic Americans, who rejected European monarchies and aristocracies, found it difficult to resist the multifaceted allure of European culture — including art, architecture, decorative arts, literature, music, and fashion.

The financial resources required to sustain studios and purchase art materials were only accessible to the new landowners of 17th and 18th century Ireland, thus it is not surprising to find that much of the landscape painting of this time are essentially topographical and map - like vistas of the estates and houses of this aristocracy, commonly featuring views of formal gardens and pleasant scenery.