The English Nobility in the Late Middle Ages

The Fourteenth-Century Political Community
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-15686-9
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

First Published in 2004. Four things dominated the life of the mediaeval noble: warfare, politics, land and family. It is with these central themes that this book is concerned. It encompasses the whole of the upper segment of the late medieval society; examines the relation of social status and political influence; describes the noble household and council; examines in detail the territorial and familial policies pursued by great landholders; emphasises the inter-relationship of local and national affairs; is arranged thematically, making it ideal for student use and has implications for the whole medieval period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Given-Wilson, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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