Locality and Polity: A Study of Warwickshire Landed Society, 1401-1499

by Christine Carpenter and Carpenter Christine

Book Overview

This is a comprehensive study of minor landowners - the gentry - in one county in fifteenth-century England. In common with other local studies of the later Middle Ages, it builds upon the seminal work of K. B. McFarlane, looking at the political and social world in the localities from which the nobles drew their power. The book aims to present a rounded picture of the experiences of the gentry, relating their private and their public lives, and their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521122848
• ISBN13: 9780521122849
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 812 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"