The medieval gentry : power, leadership and choice during the Wars of the Roses / / Malcolm Mercer

• Pubblicazione: Continuum Intl Pub Group, , 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5232094209024
• Soggetto topico: Gentry - England - History - To 1500
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-162) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The medieval gentry
• ISBN: 1-4725-9917-9; 1-282-89840-X; 9786612898402; 1-4411-4083-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808878103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II