1st Edition
The English Nobility in the Late Middle Ages The Fourteenth-Century Political Community
By Chris Given-Wilson
Copyright 1997
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
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... Read more
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
Biography
Chris Given-Wilson is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of St Andrews.
'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
