Vassals, Heiresses, Crusaders, and Thugs : : The Gentry of Angevin Yorkshire, 1154-1216 / / Hugh M. Thomas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Thomas, Hugh M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Series: The Middle Ages Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (242 p.) :; 6 illus.

In recent decades, works of the gentry have revolutionized out understanding of late medieval and early modern England. In Vassals, Heiresses, Crusaders, and Thugs, Hugh M. Thomas takes the study of the gentry back to the period 1154-1216. His conclusions not only reveal remarkable similarities between the gentry of various periods but also shed light on the massive changes that transformed England in the Angevin Period.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Vassals, Tenants-in-Chief, and the Transformation of the Honor -- 2. Violence, Lawlessness, and Law in Gentry Society -- 3. Land and Economic Development Among the Gentry -- 4. Family and Household Among the Gentry -- 5. The Gentry, Piety, and the Church -- 6. Was There a Crisis of the Gentry? -- 7. The Gentry, Royal Government, and Magna Carta -- Conclusion -- Appendix One: The Mowbray and Percy Honors -- Appendix Two: Gentry Families With Property in York -- Appendix Three: History and a Miraculous Rise from the Dead -- Appendix Four: The Langbargh Charter and Political Dissent -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter