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The Origins of the English Gentry (Past and Present Publications)

By Peter Coss

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
052182673X, 9780521826730, 9780521021005, 0521021006, 9780511522383
LCC
HT657 .C67 2003
Open Library ID
OL22533646M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1312128 bytes)
Pages
348\344
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Although the gentry played a central role in medieval England, this study is the first sustained exploration of its origins and development between the mid-thirteenth and the mid-fourteenth century. Arguing against views which see the gentry as formed or created earlier, the text investigates as well the relationship between lesser landowners and the Angevin state; the transformation of knighthood; and the role of lesser landowners in society and politics.

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