Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Aristocracy (Class)

    Uploaded by

    arieljay naungan
    10 views3 pages
    The aristocracy is historically associated with hereditary ruling social classes. In many societies, the aristocracy included the upper class with hereditary ranks and titles. Aristocratic status could come from belonging to a military caste or priestly dynasties, especially in African societies. They held legal privileges and ranked below only the monarch in social hierarchies. In modern European societies, the aristocracy often coincided with the nobility class that arose in the Middle Ages. Some revolutions, such as the French Revolution, abolished the aristocracy.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    Aristocracy (class)

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    The aristocracy is historically associated with hereditary ruling social classes. In many societies, the aristocracy included the upper class with hereditary ranks and titles. Aristocratic status could come from belonging to a military caste or priestly dynasties, especially in African societies. They held legal privileges and ranked below only the monarch in social hierarchies. In modern European societies, the aristocracy often coincided with the nobility class that arose in the Middle Ages. Some revolutions, such as the French Revolution, abolished the aristocracy.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    10 views3 pages

    Aristocracy (Class)

    Uploaded by

    arieljay naungan
    The aristocracy is historically associated with hereditary ruling social classes. In many societies, the aristocracy included the upper class with hereditary ranks and titles. Aristocratic status could come from belonging to a military caste or priestly dynasties, especially in African societies. They held legal privileges and ranked below only the monarch in social hierarchies. In modern European societies, the aristocracy often coincided with the nobility class that arose in the Middle Ages. Some revolutions, such as the French Revolution, abolished the aristocracy.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 3

    Aristocracy (class)

    The aristocracy[1] is historically associated with "hereditary" or "ruling" social class. In many
    states, the aristocracy included the upper class of people (aristocrats) with hereditary rank and
    titles.[2] In some, such as ancient Greece, ancient Rome, or India, aristocratic status came from
    belonging to a military caste. It has also been common, notably in African societies, for
    aristocrats to belong to priestly dynasties. Aristocratic status can involve feudal or legal
    privileges.[3] They are usually below only the monarch of a country or nation in its social
    hierarchy.[4] In modern European societies, the aristocracy has often coincided with the nobility,
    a specific class that arose in the Middle Ages, but the term "aristocracy" is sometimes also
    applied to other elites, and is used as a more generic term when describing earlier and non-
    European societies.[5] Some revolutions, such as the French Revolution, have been followed by
    the abolition of the aristocracy.

    French aristocrats, c. 1774


    A castle, the symbol of the rule of aristocracy in medieval Europe (Krásna Hôrka in Slovakia)

    Etymology

    See also

    References

    External links

    Retrieved from
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
    title=Aristocracy_(class)&oldid=1096538403"
    Last edited 4 months ago by GeoFan795

    You might also like