Book Description
A new appraisal of the military careers and activities of soldiers from elite medieval families.
Author : David Simpkin
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 17,70 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1843833883
A new appraisal of the military careers and activities of soldiers from elite medieval families.
Author : Andrew Ayton
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 35,25 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780851157399
Dr Ayton has transformed understanding of Edward III's armies - compulsory reading for anyone interested in the Hundred Years War. WAR IN HISTORY [Michael Prestwich] The mounted, armoured knight is one of the most potent symbols of medieval civilisation; indeed, for much of the middle ages the armoured warhorse was what defined a man as a member of the military class. However, despite the status of the knightly warrior in medieval society, the military service of the later medieval English aristocracy remains an unaccountably neglected subject, and the warhorse itself has never attracted a major study based upon archival sources. This book seeks to open up new fields of research: it focuses on the horse inventories, documents which offer detailed lists of men-at-arms and their appraised warhorses, the valuation of which is a measure of its owner's social and military status. Dr Ayton is primarily concerned with the inventories and related records for Edward III's reign, a period which witnessed significant changes in the organisation of the English fighting machine. Thedocuments produced during this period of `military revolution' cast valuable light on the character and attitudes of the aristocratic military community at a time when its traditional role was in the course of re-evaluation. Dr ANDREW AYTON is senior lecturer in history at the University of Hull.
Author : Chris Given-Wilson
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 10,2 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843833895
Crown-magnate relations, the Anglo-Scottish, Anglo-French and Anglo-Irish wars, national and local finance and administration and the nature of late medieval kingship are among the principal themes explored in this volume, along with aristocratic consumption, historical writing, chivalric culture and a review of recent work on crusading history. All newly commissioned from distinguished scholars, they shed new light on late medieval British political, military and governmental history. CONTRIBUTORS: NICHOLAS VINCENT, DAVID CARPENTER, M. L. HOLFORD, ARCHIE DUNCAN, MATTHEW STRICKLAND, BJORN WEILER, ROBIN FRAME, ANDY KING, W. MARK ORMROD, G. L. HARRISS, NORMAN HOUSLEY, ANNE CURRY, MAURICE KEEN, WENDY CHILDS
Author : Gerald Gliddon
Publisher :
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 46,38 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Aristocracy (Social class)
ISBN :
Author : Edward Lyulph Stanley
Publisher :
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 34,60 MB
Release : 1865
Category : Broadsides
ISBN :
Author : Adrian Tinniswood
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,62 MB
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1541617991
A rollicking tour of the English country home after World War II, when swinging London collided with aristocratic values As the sun set slowly on the British Empire, its mansions fell and rose. Ancient families were reduced to demolishing the parts of their stately homes they could no longer afford, dukes and duchesses desperately clung to their ancestral seats, and a new class of homeowners bought their way into country life. A delicious romp, Noble Ambitions pulls us into these crumbling halls of power, leading us through the juiciest bits of postwar aristocratic history—from Mick Jagger dancing at deb balls to the scandals of Princess Margaret. Capturing the spirit of the age, historian Adrian Tinniswood proves that the country house is not only an iconic symbol, but a lens through which to understand the shifting fortunes of the British elite in an era of monumental social change.
Author : Lawrence James
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0748125329
For nine hundred years the British aristocracy has considered itself ideally qualified to rule others, make laws and guide the fortunes of the nation. Tracing the history of this remarkable supremacy, ARISTOCRATS is a story of wars, intrigue, chicanery and extremes of both selflessness and greed. James also illuminates how the aristocracy's infatuation with classical art has forged our heritage, how its love of sport has shaped our pastimes and values - and how its scandals have entertained the public. Impeccably researched, balanced and brilliantly entertaining, ARISTOCRATS is an enthralling history of power, influence and an extraordinary knack for survival.
Author : D. C. B. Lieven
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 24,1 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Aristocracy (Social class)
ISBN :
Author : David Cannadine
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,2 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Upper class
ISBN :
Author : David Cannadine
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 27,69 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300059816
He reconstructs the extraordinary financial history of the dukes of Devonshire, narrates the story of the Cozens-Hardys, a Norfolk family who played a remarkably varied part in the life of their county, and offers a controversial reappraisal of the forebears, lives, work, and personalities of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West - a portrait, notes Cannadine, of more than a marriage.