| Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Definitions; 1 The Upper Crust: Ealdormen and Earls; 2 The Service of the King: Stallers and Thegns; 3 Friends and Neighbours: Local Communities; 4 Lords and Men (1): Households and Warbands; 5 Lords and Men (2): Land, Tenure and Service; 6 Displaying Status (1): The Rich Man in his Burh; 7 Displaying Status (2): The Trappings of Authority; 8 Living like Lords: Aristocratic Pursuits; Appendix 1: The Assessment of Land and Wealth; Appendix 2: Count Eustace's Divorce, 1049; Appendix 3: The Earldom of Hereford |
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Appendix 4: The Antecedents of WihtgarNotes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Ann Williams' important new book discusses the dynamics of English aristocratic society in a way that has not been explored before. She investigates the rewards and obligations of status including birth, wealth, the importance of public and royal service and the need to participate in local affairs, especially legal and administrative business. This period saw the birth of a 'lesser aristocracy', the ancestors of the English gentry, the power-house of society and politics in the late medieval and early modern periods. Going on to examine the obligations and rewards of lordship and the relation |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Aristocracy (Social class)
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- To 1500
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| Subject |
England
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441108029 |
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1441108025 |
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1282871218 |
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9781282871212 |
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