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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962260503321

Autore

Given-Wilson Chris

Titolo

The English nobility in the late Middle Ages : the fourteenth-century political community / / Chris Given-Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-75141-9

1-134-75142-7

1-280-10956-4

0-203-44126-5

0-203-27955-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

305.52230942

Soggetti

Nobility - Great Britain - History

Gentry - England - History

Social history - Medieval, 500-1500

Civilization, Medieval - 14th century

Great Britain History 14th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A reissue of the Routledge & Kegan Paul edition dated 1987.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Preface to the paperback edition; Maps; Introduction; Kings and the titled nobility; The peerage; The gentry; Households and councils; Estates in land; Property, the family, and money; CONCLUSION: Political society in fourteenth-century England; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An authoritative and vivid reconstruction of the true nature of political society in late medieval England. Arranged thematically, it is ideal for student use.