Aristocracy (class)
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The aristocracy is historically associated with a "hereditary" or a "ruling" social class. In many states, the aristocracy included the upper class with hereditary rank and titles. They are usually be
The Ladies Waldegrave, a portrait of three English aristocrats from the Waldegrave family by Joshua Reynolds
2nd Earl and Countess Harcourt, in their coronet and coronation robes by Joshua Reynolds. The countess was a confidant of Queen Charlotte.
A château, the primary form of residence for the French aristocracy
Citizenship
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Citizenship is a membership in the political community of and allegiance to a sovereign state. Though citizenship is often conflated with nationality in today's English-speaking world, international l
A border control sign at Shanghai Pudong International Airport with the English term 'Chinese nationals' and the Chinese term 中国公民 ('Chinese citizens')
Geoffrey Hosking suggests that fear of being enslaved was a central motivating force for the development of the Greek sense of citizenship. Sculpture: a Greek woman being served by a slave-child.
Portrait of Dred Scott, the plaintiff in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford case at the Supreme Court of the United States, commissioned by a "group of Negro citizens" and presented to the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, in 1888
Citizenship ceremony on beach near Cooktown, Queensland. 2012