The English aristocracy are,above all men, noted in private life for love of law.The gentlemen of the South imitate them in mansions,sports, wine, in free expenditure, and easymanners; but will ...

“The Norman Conquest saw a new ruling class supplant an English aristocracy that has left little in the way of physical remains, which makes the discovery at Bosham hugely significant,” Oliver ...

How did English nobility make money? There was a rule of primogeniture for lands, and daughters and smaller sons had relatively low inheritances. Most of the time, they farmed a small part of their ...

For centuries, historians speculated about the final residence of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. The famous Bayeux Tapestry ...

The acme of aristocracy is the royal family, but even the Queen's English has changed over the years since her coronation in 1952.

While the plot of Wife & Dog has been kept close to the vest thus far, we do know that it will tackle a familiar subject for the director - the British aristocracy. That means it's likely to ...

The English aristocracy', wrote Alexis de Tocqueville, 'is perhaps the most liberal that has ever existed, and no body of men has ever, uninterruptedly, furnished so many honourable and enlightened ...

It is now 60 years since Nancy Mitford and others published Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy. This was a series of essays about upper-class ...