¿Cuál era la importancia del matrimonio para aristocracia medieval? A través ejemplo de nobleza curial portuguesa bajomedieval, este artículo plantea conocer las formas en que el contribuyó a proporcionar estabilidad como un grupo minoritario, endogámico y dominante. La documentación conservada archivos públicos señoriales ha permitido crear corpus documental, integrado por contratos matrimonia...

With the conversion to Christianity in Theodosian age, Roman aristocracy projected their class ideology and self-representation into conception of religious sanctity vision Afterlife. On a literary level, this gives rise an eschatological imagery which holy souls are nobility ‘notables’ ( proceres ) eternal res publica , they constitute ‘heavenly senate’ caelestis curia seated around throne God...

After 150 years of Spanish dominium in the Portuguese theatrical system, beginnings 18th century cultural products face unforeseen obstacles Portugal. Notwithstanding appearance new French and Italian theatre aesthetics creation a united instance censorship aiming at rescuing national identity, Golden Age was still cherished both by audiences intellectual aristocracy championed Marquês de Valen...

This essay is dedicated to Walterio Carbonell (1920-2008), the controversial Afro-Cuban Marxist thinker, on 50th year of publication his masterpiece Como Surgió la Cultura Nacional (“On The Emergence National Culture”). It was published in a 1961, marked by official declaration socialist character Cuban Revolution, victory Playa Girón (the “Bay Pigs”), and launching massive literacy campaign. C...

In his Republic, Plato argues that self-rulership cannot be widespread enough in a populace due to structural and persistent failures of education. This means rulership by the few with use manipulative mythological devices is inevitable. That is, if rule themselves through their reason, then they will ruled others myth, at best, worst, violence. Even given this rather grim conclusion, we closel...

Probing the manner in which Kazakhs attained noble status Russian empire, this article explores a neglected aspect of country's social history. Recognizing that nobility is typically associated with landowning feudal order, we explore how also found application steppe. Based on diverse sources and comparison other ethnic elites, regard Kazakh ennoblement not only as way recognizing traditional ...

This paper attempts to analyze George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man from existentialistic approach. Adopting a qualitative content analysis method, it concentrates on fundamental components of existentialism such as searching for true identity selfhood, authenticity meaningless war absurd romantic love questioning freedom choice decision. Representing futile Bulgarian along with its controver...