... to the aristocratization of Hellenistic poleis. Theophrastus assembly civic defense euergetism liturgies loans social capital subscriptions public trierarchy Dürrbach 1921 Robert 1937 Arkesine Athens captives Chalcis Euboea Chios Colophon Cos Delos Δήλιοι donations Ephesos Erythrai fiscal policies...

... social and cultural transformations (e.g. changing models of the body and well-being brought about by court life and the aristocratization of the Italian elite, the impact of humanism and later of the Counter-Reformation). In so doing it is expected the study will throw new light on the nature...

...As the convent increasingly became a venue of ‘aristocratization’, those mystics who received ‘official’ approval tended to be women from privileged and educated families. Further, convents themselves began to mirror the existing social class hierarchy. While women from poorer backgrounds could...