BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATIONS; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE EARL AND THE COUNT; 2. WELSH PRINCES AND THE PREHISTORY OF THE PEERAGE; 3. SOCIAL DIGNITIES: BARONS AND BANNERETS; 4. THE KNIGHT; 5. THE SQUIRE AND LESSER RANKS; 6. THE GREATER INSIGNIA; 7. INSIGNIA DEFINING ARISTOCRACY; 8. CASTLES AND HALLS; 9. THE NOBLE HOUSEHOLD; 10. PIETY AND STATUS; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
Crouch provides a broad definition of aristocracy by examining the way aristocrats behaved and lived between 1000 and 1300. He analyses life-style, class and luxurious living in those years
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-367) and index
