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Bastard feudalism

Michael Hicks

(The medieval world / general editor, David Bates)

Longman, 1995

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-234) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780582060913

Description

This text studies the structures of a bastard feudal society in the context of aristocratic power and domination as it was exercised over a period of five centuries or more. A range of specialist studies are brought into focus and their general significance is evaluated.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 What is bastard feudalism?: definitions and parameters
  • bastard feudal aristocracy
  • bastard feudal orthodoxy
  • the first centuries of bastard feudalism
  • the central centuries c.1300-1500
  • the last centuries of bastard feudalism
  • beyond McFarlane. Part 2 Varieties of bastard feudalism: household
  • tenants
  • officers and counsellors
  • extraordinary retainers
  • livery
  • servants and well-willers
  • totality. Part 3 Quantity and quality: quantity
  • chronology
  • locality
  • loyalty and fidelity
  • heredity
  • stability
  • affinity
  • perpetuity. Part 4 The legality of bastard feudalism: bastard feudalism - the case against
  • the ideological framework
  • law and order
  • corruption of justice
  • the statutes of livery
  • unfair competition. Part 5 Bastard feudalism in peacetime: the lord's perspective
  • the retainer's perspective
  • mutual perspective. Part 6 Power and politics: local power structures
  • local government and justice
  • political equilibrium
  • political friction
  • political crises. Part 7 Bastard feudalism in wartime: Royal wars
  • foreign wars
  • private and civil wars. Part 8 Bastard feudalism - the end?: terminal decline
  • the nobility
  • casting off the bonds
  • military potential
  • legal potential
  • review. Part 9 Impact on politics and society.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780582060920

Description

This major work is the most radical reinterpretation of the subject for fifty years. Hicks argues that Bastard Feudalism was far more complex - and positive in its effects - than previous accounts have suggested. A major contribution to historical debate which revolutionises our view of late medieval society.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 What is bastard feudalism?: definitions and parameters
  • bastard feudal aristocracy
  • bastard feudal orthodoxy
  • the first centuries of bastard feudalism
  • the central centuries c.1300-1500
  • the last centuries of bastard feudalism
  • beyond McFarlane. Part 2 Varieties of bastard feudalism: household
  • tenants
  • officers and counsellors
  • extraordinary retainers
  • livery
  • servants and well-willers
  • totality. Part 3 Quantity and quality: quantity
  • chronology
  • locality
  • loyalty and fidelity
  • heredity
  • stability
  • affinity
  • perpetuity. Part 4 The legality of bastard feudalism: bastard feudalism - the case against
  • the ideological framework
  • law and order
  • corruption of justice
  • the statutes of livery
  • unfair competition. Part 5 Bastard feudalism in peacetime: the lord's perspective
  • the retainer's perspective
  • mutual perspective. Part 6 Power and politics: local power structures
  • local government and justice
  • political equilibrium
  • political friction
  • political crises. Part 7 Bastard feudalism in wartime: Royal wars
  • foreign wars
  • private and civil wars. Part 8 Bastard feudalism - the end?: terminal decline
  • the nobility
  • casting off the bonds
  • military potential
  • legal potential
  • review. Part 9 Impact on politics and society.

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