The English Nobility in the Late Middle Ages: The Fourteenth-Century Political CommunityRoutledge, 01 նոյ, 2002 թ. - 248 էջ 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. |
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Introduction | 1 |
THE RANKS OF THE NOBILITY | 27 |
Kings and the titled nobility | 29 |
The peerage | 55 |
The gentry | 69 |
SERVANTS LANDS AND THE FAMILY | 85 |
Households and councils | 87 |
Estates in land | 104 |
Property the family and money | 124 |
Political society in fourteenthcentury England | 160 |
Abbreviations | 180 |
Notes | 181 |
Bibliography | 209 |
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