Lords and lordship in the British Isles in the late Middle Ages
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Lords and lordship in the British Isles in the late Middle Ages
Oxford University Press, 2009
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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  United Kingdom
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  France
  Belgium
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  United States of America
Note
Bibliography : p. [219]-231
Includes index
Contents of Works
- 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
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 power. Their domestic routine, furnishings, dress, diet, artistic preferences, and pastimes all spoke of a lifestyle of privilege and authority. Warfare was a constant element in their lives, affording access to riches and reputation, but also carrying the danger of
capture, ruin and even death, while their enthusiasm for crusades and tournaments testified to their energy and bellicose inclinations.
Above all, underpinning the lords' control of land was their control of men-a complex system of dependence and reward that Davies restores to central significance by studying the British Isles as a whole. The exercise and experience of lordship was far more varied than the English model alone would suggest.
Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction
- Apologia
- 1. The Higher Aristocracy: Identity and Memory
- 2. Display and Magnificence
- 3. The Lord at Home
- 4. The Lord at War
- 5. Land, Family, and Marriage
- 6. The Sinews of Aristocratic Power
- 7. The Agencies and Agents of Lordship
- 8. Dependence, Service, and Reward
- Bibliography
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