LEADER 03293oam 22006134 450 001 9910785487203321 005 20121024150037.0 010 $a1-4725-9917-9 010 $a1-282-89840-X 010 $a9786612898402 010 $a1-4411-4083-2 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472599179 035 $a(CKB)2670000000056274 035 $a(EBL)617192 035 $a(OCoLC)693761523 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000439514 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12131151 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000439514 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10464330 035 $a(PQKB)10598542 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC617192 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL617192 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10429937 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL289840 035 $a(OCoLC)1197854955 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09257752 035 $a(NjHacI)992670000000056274 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000056274 100 $a20110511d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe medieval gentry$b[electronic resource] $epower, leadership and choice during the Wars of the Roses /$fMalcolm Mercer 210 1$cContinuum Intl Pub Group,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (184 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-8031-1 311 $a1-4411-9064-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 148-162) and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction - A fascination with choice -- Chapter 2: Who were the gentry? -- Chapter 3: The decision making process -- Chapter 4: Gentry, warfare, and violence -- Chapter 5: The public domain: service, lordship and principles -- Chapter 6: The private domain: locality, neighbourhood and family -- Chapter 7: The personal domain: contradictory responses to conflict -- Chapter 8: Conclusions. 330 $a"What were the principal factors that influenced and shaped the behaviour of the gentry during the Wars of the Roses, from 1455 at the first battle of St Albans to the final encounter at Stoke in 1487? It was the gentry who were the natural leaders within their communities and the nobility relied upon them for military manpower, and to act as their mouthpieces at local levels. Consequently, the gentry's ability to persuade their kinsmen and tenants to act in a particular way was crucial, especially their capacity to raise and lead men into battle. This was a critical factor in the outcome of the Lancastrian and Yorkist campaigns. The book begins by outlining how individuals are understood to make decisions and the discussion then moves to the late medieval gentry and the characteristics that define them as a social formation. A definition of the gentry will also be offered. The remainder of the book assesses the relationship between the gentry and the political and social world of the late middle ages."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aGentry$zEngland$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $2Medieval history 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yWars of the Roses, 1455-1485 615 0$aGentry$xHistory 676 $a305.5232094209024 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785487203321 996 $aThe medieval gentry$93854812 997 $aUNINA