The Aristocracy was that Political - Social position that predominated in past centuries, when governments and societies were governed by systems based on reduced lines of command among people who lived in opulence. The term derives from the Greek " Aristos " which means " The best " and " Kratos " referring to " Government ". Therefore, the aristocracy and the autocracy have similarity, in the sense of disharmony with the people when deciding for the rulers. In these cases, what was valuable was to belong to the royal family, of the high rank or simply to be the owner of land and fortunes.
This behavior comes from Europe, of course that in colonial times the aristocracy expanded throughout the world, creating agencies, empires and dependencies of these that in turn became governments. There were cases in which aristocracy also denoted between the philosophers and the studied. The aristocracy gave importance, gave prestige and position among the society that lived in the centers of ancestry. From these chains of people who placed an aristocratic investiture, lineages, inheritances and statutes were generated that forced the peoples to follow their autocratic designs.
The aristocracy marginalized the poor, creating a powerful division in society at the time. When democracy began to take its peak in the different aristocratic territories, this gap was narrowed, uniting the natural states of human beings to end the classism typical of the aristocracy.
The aristocracy was one of the most important social groups in history, despite the abuses that were made in the name of a crown or an empire. Its main characteristics were to have access to political and economic power, to cultural knowledge and knowledge, to the means of production and to decision-making. The aristocracy always consisted of a small number of individuals in the total community as a whole, individuals who exercised great influence over governments (if they were not part of it) and who were among the richest and wealthiest.
