Sentence examples for noble elite from inspiring English sources

At the upper extreme, a noble elite, the barons, achieved recognition in administration and law.

His vision – sketched out in an interview with the Guardian – is for Barra (this is the place name in all International Olympic Committee documents, though the location is actually in the neighbouring district of Jacarepaguá) to become home to a "noble" elite, cleared of poor communities, and ultimately destined as the centre of a "beautiful new Rio de Janeiro".

Royal landownings and wealth stretched across England, and placed the king in a privileged position above even the most powerful of the noble elite.

From the point of view of Wallachian internal politics, the Treaty of Alba Iulia officialized what could be called a boyar regime, reinforcing the already important political power of the noble elite.

I'm thinking as far back as Rome, at the height of its empire, rich and corrupted by wealth and power, where the ruling class and noble elite controlled all the wealth, commanded the armies and the citizens were impoverished.

Industrialization and the rise of cities broke the power of traditional noble elites, although some critics would note that they were replaced with equally non-benevolent politicians and industrialists.

Founded as Germany's first seaside resort in 1793 by Duke Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Heiligendamm was once the favored retreat for Europe's noble and elite classes, who were drawn to its blond dunes, wide blue skies and snow-white manors.

Formal styles are usually associated with life at court or furnishings for the palatial homes of nobles or a moneyed elite.

By its terms, central Ukraine (attempts to include Volhynia and Galicia were unsuccessful) was to constitute under the hetman and a ruling elite of nobles and officers the self-governing grand duchy of Rus, joined with Poland and Lithuania as an equal member of a tripartite commonwealth.

But those who venture beyond the highlights of Florence's seemingly unfashionable side will quickly discover one of the city's best-kept secrets: the Oltrarno artisans, who have been moulding, crafting and creating elaborate leather, silver, gold and paper products for nobles, royalty and other elite for more than 500 years.

Only slightly unfairly, Christiansen writes in "The Victorian Visitors" that "England offered not revered teachers, splendid galleries, noble traditions or a discriminating elite, but a free market, a large audience and lots and lots of money".