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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/129496| Title: | A short sketch of the Maltese nobility |
| Keywords: | Nobility -- Malta Aristocracy (Social class) -- Malta Nobility -- Malta -- History -- 19th century Social structure -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 1876 |
| Publisher: | E. Laferla |
| Citation: | (1876). A short sketch of the Maltese nobility. Melitensia Miscellanea Collection (Melit-Misc. vol. 97.3). University of Malta Library, Melitensia Special Collections. |
| Abstract: | "Noblesse oblige." "A state of perfect equality can subsist only among beings possessing equal talents and equal virtues; but such beings are not men," hence the necessity of a nobility, or aristocracy, or privileged class in all states whether they be monarchical or republican. Different, therefore, are the privileges accorded to the nobility or aristocracy of each country as different are its laws and institutions... [Excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/129496 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellania : volume 097 - A&SCMisc |
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