ISBN:
9780199542918
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 253 S.
Edition:
1. publ.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Parallel Title:
Print version Lords and Lordship in the British Isles in the Late Middle Ages
DDC:
305.5/2209410902
Keywords:
Power (Social sciences) History To 1500
;
Nobility History To 1500
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Feudalism History To 1500
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Great Britain History Medieval period, 1066-1485
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Great Britain History To 1485
;
Great Britain Politics and government To 1485
;
Britische Inseln
;
Adel
;
Geschichte 1272-1422
Abstract:
It is well known that political, economic, and social power in the British Isles in the Middle Ages lay in the hands of a small group of domini-lords. In his final book, the late Sir Rees Davies explores the personalities of these magnates, the nature of their lordship, and the ways in which it was expressed in a diverse and divided region in the period 1272-1422.Although their right to rule was rarely questioned, the lords flaunted their identity and superiority through the promotion of heraldic lore, the use of elevated forms of address, and by the extravagant display of their wealth and pow
Description / Table of Contents:
The higher aristocracy : identity and memory -- Display and magnificence -- The lord at home -- The lord at war -- Land, family, and marriage -- The sinews of aristocratic power -- The agencies and agents of lordship -- Dependence, service, and reward.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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