The English Nobility in the Late Middle Ages: The Fourteenth-Century Political Community

ISBN-13: 9780415148832 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 248 str.

Chris Given-Wilson;Given-Wilson

Opis

Four things dominated the life of the medieval noble: warfare, politics, land and family. It is with these central themes that this book is concerned. The author provides a comprehensive synthesis and analysis of an especially formative age in the history of England's nobility, and age which was to play such a crucial role in the centuries to come.

Recenzje

'Given-Wilson is sensible and judicious, but also when necessary, incisive. As an introduction to the medieval nobility his book is ideal.' – Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

Introduction Part I The ranks of the nobility 1 Kings and the titled nobility 2 The peerage 3 The gentry Part II Servants, lands, and the family 4 Households and councils 5 Estates in land 6 Property, the family, and money CONCLUSION: Political society in fourteenth-century England

O autorze

Chris Given-Wilson is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of St Andrews.