From a Burgher House through the Imperial Court to Loket Castle The Careers of Kaspar and Mates Schlicks in Bohemia, Empire and Saxony (1390-1487) The presented thesis is devoted to the oldest history of the Schlick family. The rise of an originally burgher-class family was based on the court and chancellery career of Kaspar Schlick († 1449); the latter bolstered his successes in the services of Sigismund of Luxembourg and Albrecht and Fridrich Habsburgs by an array of false documents that significantly contributed to the change of his social and economic status (his false promotion to the estate of a count and gaining a fortune). In the second half of the 15th century, after Kaspar's death, his brother Mates and his sons struggled for the preservation of acquired status and health. The following topics were investigated: (1) The utilization of court services and careers for burghers' getting into aristocratic circles, as exemplified by the person of Kaspar Schlick († 1449); (2) The search of strategies the Schlicks - Mates Schlick in particular († 1487) - took to limit themselves from the aristocratic environment, part of which they became. A significant role played Schlicks' relation to the town of Cheb, from which their family came, and to the Loket region, which they acquired and tried to make...

Nowadays, study of Czech nobility is one of the most popular topic in historiography. For historical research, there are a number of aristocratic families whose development, genealogy, property relations and ties to the king's court have not yet been elaborated in more detail. This was the reason why I chose genus of the Buzic with the focus on the Lords of Valdek as a topic for my bachelor thesis. Members of the Buzic family surrounded Czech princes and kings from the beginning of the Czech "state". We can find the notes and informations about them in many diplomatic and narrative documents. I decided to continue with the research of the history of this family also in my diploma thesis. My thesis focus primarily on the next part of this family, the Lords of Žebrák. Also among them there was many interesting and notable nobles. One of the most important was Zbyněk Zajíc of Žebrák. In the thirties of the 14th century he changed the castle Žebrák and the villages that belonged to this castle with King Jan of Luxemburg for the castle Budyně and the others villages. The Budyně domain was smaller but more profitable than Žebrák domain. Zbyněk also bought from the King the castle Klapý, which is nearby Budyně castle, and he renamed it after his nickname like Házmburk (in German: the hare castle). This...

Ce travail prend pour objet la culture matérielle – c'est-à-dire « l'ensemble des phénomènes de co-construction des sujets, du social et de la culture dans le rapport aux objets matériels » (M. Roustan) – des aristocrates de la Renaissance française. Le cas de la maison de Guise permet de dresser un panorama des possessions indispensables à une grande famille du XVIe siècle pour tenir son rang dans la société de cour ; il autorise aussi l'étude de l'impact d'une exigence accrue de paraître sur les finances aristocratiques, et laisse apercevoir les pratiques sociales de consommation. Au-delà de la simple description, ce travail met en évidence les valeurs qui sous-tendaient l'environnement matériel aristocratique ; il révèle aussi la façon dont les objets participèrent à la transformation identitaire de l'élite courtisane de la Renaissance. / This work deals with the material culture – understood as a comprehensive phenomenon which both fashions and is fashioned by society, culture and individuals – of French Renaissance aristocrats. The House of Guise case study unveils the variety of goods a 16th-century great household needed in order to stay in keeping with its rank in the court society. It further reveals the financial consequences for noble houses of the ever-increasing obligation to appear splendidly. The social practices that lay behind shopping are also examined. Beyond a mere description, this work underlines the values embodied in the noble material environment and stresses the part objects took in the redefining of Renaissance elite identity.

The Diploma thesis aims at lives of the aristocratic women in the 20th century. The focus is placed on their perception of the political events of the period and changes of their role both within family and society. This issue is analyzed with help of the example of three female aristocrats who married into the old Czech family of the Sternbergs, more specifically, three ladies belonging to three different generations Karolína Sternberg, b. Thurn-Valsassina-Como-Vercelli (1863-1944), Kunhuta Sternberg, b. Mensdorff-Pouilly (1899-1989), and Alžběta Sternberg, b. Hrubá z Gelenj (*1929). The description of their lifetimes follows after the more theoretical part dealing in general with the position of women in the 20th century as well as with a brief history of the Sternberg family. The environment in which the ladies grew up is taken into account, too. Apart from the private written documents, the thesis is also based on some interviews with several living members of the family. The concluding part comprises a comparison of the ladies´ lives towards each other and towards the non-aristocratic society.

Este estudo tem como principal objeto de anÃlise as prÃticas de nobilitaÃÃo e distinÃÃo social desenvolvidas pelos membros da elite da vila de Santa Cruz do Aracati na Capitania do Siarà grande entre os anos de 1748 e 1804. Tendo a CÃmara de Aracati como principal espaÃo de referÃncia para a identificaÃÃo da elite da vila, buscamos perceber de que forma o ingresso em espaÃos como: a CÃmara da vila, os postos de oficiais nas tropas militares locais, as irmandades e o exercÃcio de atividades mercantis, entre outros; foram sendo incorporados pelos membros da elite da vila, nÃo somente como mecanismos de poder, mas, tambÃm, de aquisiÃÃo e ampliaÃÃo de seu referencial distintivo enquanto parte da ânobreza civilâ, estatuto social com o qual identificavam-se as elites locais do impÃrio portuguÃs moderno. / This research claims to analyze the ennoblement and social distinction practices developed by the town of Santa Cruz do Aracati members in the Captaincy of Siarà grande along the period from 1748 to 1804. Since the Chamber of Aracati is the main reference area to precede the identification of the local elite, first, we have intended to understand how the entry was made in certain areas, such as the Town Chamber, the officer ranks in the local military troops, some brotherhoods, the mercantile activities, and some other employments; and, then, how all these occupations were incorporated by the town elite members, both as mechanisms of power and tools of acquisition and enlargement of its distinctive reference as part of a âcivil nobilityâ, social code with which the local elites of the Portuguese Modern Empire used to identify to.

Submitted by Marlene Santos (marlene.bc.ufg@gmail.com) on 2016-07-28T20:54:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Alan Ricardo Duarte Pereira- 2016.pdf: 2891175 bytes, checksum: b90068ba6513df5076397e74379f30d9 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2016-08-01T13:27:40Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Alan Ricardo Duarte Pereira- 2016.pdf: 2891175 bytes, checksum: b90068ba6513df5076397e74379f30d9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-01T13:27:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Alan Ricardo Duarte Pereira- 2016.pdf: 2891175 bytes, checksum: b90068ba6513df5076397e74379f30d9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Satirized in white decasyllable verses of Vila Rica’s ouvidor, Tomás António Gonzaga, in Minas Gerais in the eighteenth century, individuals of the family Cunha Meneses - especially Luis da Cunha Meneses, the Fanfarrão Minésio - have become icons of an insolent and despotic government in the overseas domains. Right or wrong, this family representation crossed, over the years, the field of history and literature. However, as it is praised, on one hand, the information contained in gonzaguiana narrative, on the other, little is known about the social origins of the members of this family in Portugal. As a result, the exercise of our research had as main objective to dig into the Cunha Meneses’ family history between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Thus, the starting point was limited, mainly to the analysis of lines of succession of the firstborn - especially sons - the matrimonial alliances, stratification vectors, of the services provided to the king, and titles and privileges. We note that the core of family dynamics was located in a specific aspect: social reproduction and / or biological. As a background, it was possible to identify characteristics of nobility in the context of the Ancien Régime and especially in the Portuguese Empire. / Satirizados nos versos decassílabos brancos do ouvidor de Vila de Rica, Tomás Antônio Gonzaga, em Minas Gerais no século XVIII, os indivíduos da família Cunha Meneses – sobretudo Luís da Cunha Meneses, o Fanfarrão Minésio – tornaram-se ícones de um governo insolente e despótico nos domínios ultramarinos. Certa ou errada, essa representação da família atravessou, no decorrer dos anos, o campo da história e da literatura. No entanto, enquanto se enaltece, de um lado, as informações contidas na narrativa gonzaguiana, de outro, pouco se sabe sobre as origens sociais dos membros desta família em Portugal. Em decorrência disso, o exercício de pesquisa que realizamos teve como objetivo primordial lançar-se no encalço da família Cunha Meneses entre os séculos XVII e XVIII. Desse modo, o ponto de partida circunscreveu-se, principalmente, na análise das linhas de sucessão dos primogênitos – especialmente os filhos varões –, as alianças matrimoniais, os vetores de estratificação, os serviços prestados ao rei, os títulos e privilégios. Observamos que o núcleo central da dinâmica familiar estava localizado num aspecto específico: a reprodução social e/ou biológica. Como pano de fundo, foi possível identificar as características da nobreza no contexto do Antigo Regime e, sobretudo, do Império português.

Submitted by Maria Dulce (mdulce@ndc.uff.br) on 2014-01-14T11:48:11Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Sousa, Rafaella-Dissert-2013.pdf: 620542 bytes, checksum: cd325a2b883dc825d14fbbf4c9b985d5 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-01-14T11:48:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Sousa, Rafaella-Dissert-2013.pdf: 620542 bytes, checksum: cd325a2b883dc825d14fbbf4c9b985d5 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Universidade Federal Fluminense. Programa de Pós-Graduação em História / Neste trabalho, intitulado O Rei, os poderes e a literatura: virtudes e pecados na prosa civilizadora de D. Duarte e D. Pedro (Sécs. XIV e XV), analisamos as virtudes e pecados que formam um modelo de conduta veiculado por D. Duarte no Leal Conselheiro e por D. Pedro no Livro da Virtuosa Benfeitoria. Num contexto de disputa entre poderes no Portugal do século XV, os príncipes de Avis teriam como objetivo disseminar esse modelo de homem virtuoso entre a nobreza do reino para civilizá-la, modificar seu comportamento, tomando como exemplo de perfeição o próprio rei. Assim, os nobres aceitariam a preeminência régia na sociedade e não mais disputariam o poder, permitindo aos Avis seguir com seu projeto de centralização política. / In this work, titled “The King, the powers and literature: virtues and sins in the civilizing prose of D. Duarte and D. Pedro (14th and 15th centuries), we analyze the virtues and sin that constitute a model of conduct presented by D. Duarte in Leal Conselheiro and by D. Pedro in Livro da VirtuosaBenfeitoria. In a scenario of power struggles in 15th century Portugal, the Avis princes aimed to disseminate this model of a virtuous man among the kingdom’s nobility in order to civilize it and change its behavior, taking the King himself as an example of perfection. The nobles would then accept the regal primacy in society and would no longer vie for power, which would allow the Avis to keep on their project of political centralization.

The presented diploma thesis deals with the areas of Beroun and Hořovice in the middle ages. At the core of the work of the Government of The house of Luxembourg - John, Charles IV. and Wenceslas IV. Using sources, examines how developed its management, property tenure. It also looks at the extent to which they have been in the Royal estates, the Church or the aristocratic possession. Also describes the emergence and development of individual towns and villages in Beroun and Hořovice district. It focuses on local nobles and their relationship to the Royal Court. Work also takes into account the Nuremberg path that passed through this area, and its influence on the possession of estates. Key words: Beroun region - Hořovice region - House of Luxemburgs - Nuremberg path - local nobility

The main topic of the thesis is to capture the fundamental problems of Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1099 - 1187. The first part briefly outlines the political, religious and social situation in the period preceding the establishment of the Latin states in Palestine. It is also concerned about First crusade and the conquest of Jerusalem, by which is finished. The second chapter deals with realities of the Kingdom, its extent, society, trade and with life of the people from Holy Land. The third chapter, which is the main part of the thesis, is focused on the origin of the Kingdom, on its growth, on internal and external problems, on the relationship with Muslim neighbors, with European Crusaders and with the Byzantine empire. It also deals with relationship between the king and the nobility, and its presenting the image of the people which formed this period. The thesis ends with the fatal battle of Hattin, which finished the first phase of the existence of Christian states in Palestine. Keywords kingdom; the nobility; Crusades; Jerusalem; Byzantine Empire; church, Muslims

Les ducs-comtes de Bourgogne ont hérité, en 1330, d’un domaine déjà bien constitué, dont les points forts épousent les axes de pénétration du relief, selon une diagonale sud-ouest/nord-est. Bien que partiellement et provisoirement démembré au gré de houleux partages successoraux, il n’a connu que des modifications de détail, ayant pour but de renforcer le maillage du territoire. Il s’appuie sur un réseau administratif ancien constitué de prévôtés, de châtellenies et, accessoirement, de mairies. Son caractère archaïque est compensé par la réorganisation, sous Eudes IV, du ressort des baillis, qui aboutit à une partition entre deux bailliages, d’Amont et d’Aval. Ce prince est également à l’origine de la création de la gruerie, et de la mise en place de structures comptables visant à optimiser le circuit de la production et de la commercialisation du sel.Les ducs-comtes ont utilisé pleinement les ressources de la féodalité pour renforcer et étendre leur réseau vassalique. Ils se heurtent aux intérêts des grandes familles - Faucogney, Montbéliard, Neuchâtel, Chalon-Arlay et Chalon-Auxerre - maîtresses des positions frontalières, dont la puissance leur permet de rivaliser avec le prince. Le principat d’Eudes IV est parcouru de fortes tensions avec la noblesse comtoise, victime de la politique d’affirmation de ce duc-comte. Elles s’expriment régulièrement par le recours aux armes de toute une partie de la haute aristocratie, qui trouve des appuis chez les princes voisins et surtout auprès du roi d’Angleterre. Un apaisement relatif survient avec l’avènement de Philippe de Rouvres : il suscite l’émergence de nouveaux équilibres en proposant aux grands féodaux de participer au gouvernement de la province. Eudes IV a quant à lui joué contre les barons la carte de la petite et moyenne noblesse, qu’il a intégrée aux rouages du pouvoir par le biais des offices et du service armé. Le nombre de ralliements obtenus prouve la réussite de cette politique d’association de la noblesse modeste aux retombées financières des domaines du prince, et notamment des revenus de l’industrie du sel, originalité de la province comtoise.En revanche, le bilan de l’affirmation du pouvoir princier, encore en pleine élaboration en Franche-Comté, est mitigé. Si la souveraineté du prince est clairement affirmée dans son principe, elle n’est pas toujours effective dans les faits, même si les ducs-comtes, et particulièrement Eudes IV, y ont porté tous leurs efforts, en tentant notamment de créer à leur profit l’ébauche d’un espace politique, judiciaire et économique étendu aux fiefs des grands. Ces entreprises se heurtent aux exigences d’un droit féodal toujours vivace, et souffrent de la conjoncture générale de la guerre de Cent ans, qui contraint le roi de France à ménager ses forces en donnant satisfaction aux féodaux contre leur prince. Néanmoins, les institutions se renforcent, particulièrement en ce qui concerne l’exercice de la justice. La guerre pousse à redéfinir les fonctions des officiers et à en créer de nouveaux. Et, fait majeur, le pouvoir législatif et normatif du prince est entré dans les mentalités. Le terrain est donc amplement préparé pour la construction de l’État bourguignon sous les ducs Valois. / The Dukes-Counts of Burgundy inherited in 1330 within a domain already well established, whose strengths espouse the axes of penetration of the relief, according to a diagonal southwest / northeast. Although only partially and temporarily dismembered at the option of boisterous successional divisions, it has had only minor changes, aimed at strengthening the territorial mesh. It relies on a network of former administrative provosts, castellanies and, incidentally, town halls. Its archaic character is offset by the reorganization, under Eudes IV, the competence of bailiffs, which results in a partition between two bailiwicks, Upstream and Downstream. The prince is also responsible for creating the gruerie, and implementation of accounting structures to optimize the circuit for the production and marketing of salt. The Dukes-Counts have fully used the resources of the feudalism to strengthen and expand their network of vassalage. They clash with the interests of large families - Faucogney, Montbéliard, Neuchâtel, Chalon-Arlay and Chalon-Auxerre - mistresses border positions whose power allows them to compete with the prince. The government of Eudes IV is traversed by strong tensions with the nobility of the County, victim of the affirmation of the Duke-Count policy. They are expressed regularly by the use of weapons in any part of the aristocracy, which finds support among neighboring princes and especially to the king of England. A relative easing occurs with the accession of Philip of Rouvres: it raises the emergence of new balances by offering to the great vassals to participate in the government of the province. Eudes IV, meanwhile, played against the barons the card of small and medium nobility, which he included to the machinery of power through the offices and the armed service. The number of rallies proves the achieved success of this modest nobility association policy to the financial impact of the prince’s domain, including income from the salt industry, originality of the province. However, the record of the assertion of princely power, still in full development in the county of Burgundy, is mixed. If the sovereignty of the prince is clearly affirmed in principle, it is not always effective in practice, even if the Dukes-Counts, especially Eudes IV, have focused all their efforts, notably by trying to create for their benefit a draft of political, judicial and economic space, extended to fiefdoms. These enterprises face the demands of a still alive feudal law, and suffer from the general economic conditions of the Hundred Years War, which forced the King of France to spare his strength by giving satisfaction to the great vassals against their prince. However, institutions are strengthened, particularly in relation to the exercise of justice. The war drives to redefine the functions of the officers and to create new ones. And major fact, the legislative and normative power of the prince entered mentalities. The land is fully prepared for the construction of the Burgundian state under the Valois dukes.