Noble class as a systematic sociocultural institution of a society
The goal of this article is to show that the noble class is a systematic sociocultural institution, and to identify the characteristic features of this sociocultural institution. In order to achieve it, the paper discloses the patterns of the formation of stable sociality as a sociocultural institution based on a continuity mechanism, it also characterizes primary elements of a sociocultural institution: tradition, mentality, ideology.