The Origins of the English Gentry

by Peter R. Coss

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052182673X
• ISBN13: 9780521826730
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"