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

ISBN-13: 9781138156869 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 248 str.

Chris Given-Wilson

Opis

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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.