Because in early Anglo-Latin writing, paterfamilias (" head of a family, householder ") usually referred to a ceorl, Donald A. Bullough suggests that Alcuin's family was of cierlisc status: i. e., free but subordinate to a noble lord, and that Alcuin and other members of his family rose to prominence through beneficial connections with the aristocracy.

The Borgia family originally came from the Kingdom of Valencia, and rose to prominence during the mid-15th century ; Cesare's great-uncle Alonso Borgia ( 1378 – 1458 ), bishop of Valencia, was elected Pope Callixtus III in 1455.

Coming from modest beginnings in Savona, Liguria, the family rose to prominence through nepotism and ambitious marriages arranged by two Della Rovere popes, Francesco della Rovere, who ruled as Pope Sixtus IV ( 1471 – 1484 ) and his nephew Giuliano ( Pope Julius II, 1503 – 1513 ).

One such family, the Flavians, or gens Flavia, rose from relative obscurity to prominence in just four generations, acquiring wealth and status under the emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

This policy undermined senatorial power, as more reliable equestrian commanders rose to prominence.

Other niche programs such as The Lawrence Welk Show ( which targeted older audiences ) and Soul Train ( a black-oriented program ) also rose to prominence in syndication during the era.

The Vijayanagara Empire rose to prominence as a culmination of attempts by the southern powers to ward off Islamic invasions by the end of the 13th century.

He rose to prominence through his service in the First World War, receiving numerous honours and decorations, and continued his military career through various British campaigns across Europe and Asia.

" One such man, a warrior called Dingiswayo ( the Troubled One ) of the Mtetwa rose to prominence.

In the late 1940s, they quickly rose to national prominence, first with their popular nightclub act, next as stars of their own radio program.

He gained experience as an executive as the Governor of Virginia and rose to national prominence as a diplomat in France, when he helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

Nehru quickly rose to prominence under the mentorship of Gandhi.

Joplin first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her more soulful and bluesy backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band.

Notably, the Phalange, a Maronite militia, rose to prominence around this time, led by members of the Gemayel family.

After the Khitans left Mongolia the Shiwei Mongols rose to prominence, when from the 1130s there were reciprocally hostile relations between the successive khans of the Khamag Mongol confederation ( Khaidu, Khabul Khan and Ambaghai Khan ) and the emperors of the Jin dynasty.

While the republican government had been restored, Munich subsequently became a hotbed of extremist politics, among which Adolf Hitler and the National Socialism rose to prominence.

The rich musical possibilities in the poetry of the late 16th and early 17th centuries provided an attractive basis for the madrigal, which quickly rose to prominence as the pre-eminent musical form in Italian musical culture, as discussed by Tim Carter:

The family rose to prominence in the late 1st century CE.

She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister, campaigner and member of the Irish Senate ( 1969 – 1989 ).

Reconstructionism rose to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s.

The New Left in Japan began simultaneously with the British and American movements and rose to prominence in the country by occupying college campuses for several years in the 1960s.

In the first decades of the 19th century, three Oromo monarchies, Enarya, Goma and Guma, rose to prominence.

However, the rise of grasses in the Miocene ( about 20 Mya ) saw a major change: the even-toed ungulates with their more complex stomachs were better able to adapt to a coarse, low-nutrition diet, and soon rose to prominence.

After lumber baron William B. Cox purchased the team in 1943, the Phillies began a rapid rise to prominence in the National League, as the team rose out of the standings cellar for the first time in five years.

Commissioned in Pakistan Army in 1964, Musharraf rose to national prominence after being appointed to the four-star assignments in October 1998 by then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

According to the Central Bank of Armenia, during the first half of 2008, cash remittances sent back to Armenia by Armenians working abroad rose by 57. 5 percent and totaled $ 668. 6 million USD, equivalent to 15 percent of the country's first-half Gross Domestic Product.

The Andes rose to fame for its mineral wealth during the Spanish conquest of South America.

The cartridges were stored in stables and the ammonia concentration rose during the hot summer months, so initiating brittle cracks.

Pheidippides arrived during the festival of Carneia, a sacrosanct period of peace, and was informed that the Spartan army could not march to war until the full moon rose ; Athens could not expect reinforcement for at least ten days.

The rate of unemployment rarely rose above 2 % during Attlee ’ s time in office, whilst there was no hard-core of long-term unemployed.

The Communists, tipped-off that a Nationalist offensive was imminent, retreated in the Long March, during which Mao Zedong rose from a mere military official to the most influential leader of the Communist Party of China.

The number of Central Committee meetings rose again when Brezhnev was elected First Secretary, but the number of meetings and their duration steadily decreased during Brezhnev's rule.

It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s before being overtaken by Dell in 2001.

He lost only five competitive matches during his tenure and England rose to a No. 4 world ranking under his guidance.

McQuaid soon rose through the ranks to become Executive Producer for the EverQuest franchise and emerged during development of EverQuest as a popular figure among the fan community through his in-game avatar, Aradune.

The 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment ( 1 < sup > e </ sup > Régiment Étranger Parachutiste, 1 < sup > e </ sup > REP ) was established in 1955 during the Algerian War and disbanded in April 1961 as the entire regiment rose against the French government of Charles de Gaulle ( Algiers Putsch ), in protest against moves to negotiate an end to the Algerian War and providing Algeria's independence from France.

Violence occurred at a small town called Patzicia, where about one thousand Indians rose in spontaneous outbursts: “ in honor of our General Ponce ,” and “ we want land .” More than twenty ladinos were killed during this demonstration.

Antiwhaling groups have protested the hunt, saying the meat from the whales is not for traditional native consumption, but is used instead to feed animals in government-run fur farms ; they cite annual catch numbers that rose dramatically during the 1940s, at the time when state-run fur farms were being established in the region.

However, the greatest boost to Hertfordshire came during the Industrial Revolution, after which the population rose dramatically.

Born in the western Afghan city of Herat, he rose to become a powerful rebel commander during in the Soviet War in Afghanistan, and then a key member of the Northern Alliance until finally becoming the Governor of Herat Province.

The Author continued for about three hours in a profound sleep, at least of the external senses, during which time he has the most vivid confidence, that he could not have composed less than from two to three hundred lines ; if that indeed can be called composition in which all the images rose up before him as things, with a parallel production of the correspondent expressions, without any sensation or consciousness of effort.

Inflation rose sharply during World War I, but deflation returned again after World War I and during the 1930s depression.

Dramatic lowering of sea level during the last glacial period uncovered extensive stretches of continental shelf that the Komodo dragon colonized, becoming isolated in their present island range as sea levels rose afterwards.

As of 2000, the city's population rose by 32, 293 ( 27 %) to 151, 421 during the day because of the influx of workers.

The discord between conflicting visions of Mauritanian society as either black or Arab, again rose to the surface during the intercommunal violence that broke out in April 1989 ( the " 1989 Events "), when a Mauritania-Senegal border dispute escalated into violence between the two communities.

Mao rose to power by commanding the Long March, forming a united front with Kuomintang ( KMT ) during the Second Sino-Japanese War to repel a Japanese invasion, and leading the Communist Party of China ( CPC ) to victory against Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang ( KMT ) in the Chinese Civil War.

Steady growth in the manufacturing GDP during the 1990s ( 1. 2 percent annually ) laid the foundation for 2002 and 2003, when the annual growth rate rose to 2. 5 percent.