Gentry Culture in Late-Medieval England

Gentry Culture in Late-Medieval England
Author: Raluca Radulescu
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780719068256

Essays in this collection examine the lifestyles and attitudes of the gentry in late-medieval England. Through surveys of the gentry's military background, administrative and political roles, social behavior, and education, the reader is provided with an overview of how the group's culture evolved and how it was disseminated.

Romance and the Gentry in Late Medieval England

Romance and the Gentry in Late Medieval England
Author: Michael Johnston
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2014-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199679789

showing that contrary to the commonly held view that romances are representative of the "popular culture" of their day, in fact such texts appealed primarily to the gentry, England's elite landowners who lacked titles of nobility.

The Origins of the English Gentry

The Origins of the English Gentry
Author: Peter Coss
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2005-10-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521021005

Although the gentry played a central role in medieval England, this study is the first sustained exploration of its origins and development between the mid-thirteenth and the mid-fourteenth century. Arguing against views which see the gentry as formed or created earlier, the text investigates as well the relationship between lesser landowners and the Angevin state; the transformation of knighthood; and the role of lesser landowners in society and politics.

Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c.1400-1688

Loyalty to the Monarchy in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain, c.1400-1688
Author: Matthew Ward
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 3030377679

This book explores the place of loyalty in the relationship between the monarchy and their subjects in late medieval and early modern Britain. It focuses on a period in which political and religious upheaval tested the bonds of loyalty between ruler and ruled. The era also witnessed changes in how loyalty was developed and expressed. The first section focuses on royal propaganda and expressions of loyalty from the gentry and nobility under the Yorkist and early Tudor monarchs, as well as the fifteenth-century Scottish monarchy. The chapters illustrate late-medieval conceptions of loyalty, exploring how they manifested themselves and how they persisted and developed into early modernity. Loyalty to the later Tudors and early Stuarts is scrutinised in the second section, gauging the growing level of dissent in the build-up to the British Civil Wars of the seventeenth century. The final section dissects the role that the concept of loyalty played during and after the Civil Wars, looking at how divergent groups navigated this turbulent period and examining the ways in which loyalty could be used as a means of surviving the upheaval.

Political Society in Later Medieval England

Political Society in Later Medieval England
Author: Benjamin Thompson
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 1783270306

Essays on the connections between politics and society in the middle ages, showing their interdependence.

Political culture in later medieval England

Political culture in later medieval England
Author: Michael J. Braddick
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2020-01-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526148226

This is an important collection of pioneering essays penned by the late Simon Walker, a highly respected historian of late medieval England. One of the finest scholars of his generation, Walker's writing is lucid, inspirational, and has permanently enriched our understanding of the period. The eleven essays featured here examine themes such as kingship, lordship, warfare and sanctity. There are specific studies on subjects such as the changing fortunes of the family of Sir Richard Abberbury; Yorkshire's Justices of the Peace; the service of medieval man-at-arms, Janico Dartasso; Richard II's views on kingship, political saints, and an investigation of rumour, sedition and popular protest in the reign of Henry IV. An introduction by G.L. Harriss looks back across Walker's career, and discusses the historiographical context of his work. Both the new and previously published pieces here will be essential reading for those working on the late medieval period.

The Great Household in Late Medieval England

The Great Household in Late Medieval England
Author: C. M. Woolgar
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780300076875

In the later medieval centuries, a whole range of important social, political and artistic activities took place against the backdrop of the great English households. In this vividly illuminating book, C. M. Woolgar explores the details of life in these great houses. Based on an extensive investigation of household accounts and related primary documents, he examines the daily routines, the weekly and annual patterns, and the life-cycle observances of birth, childhood, marriage, death and burial. He also delineates the major changes that transformed the economy and geography of both lay and clerical households between 1200 and 1500.

A Companion to Britain in the Later Middle Ages

A Companion to Britain in the Later Middle Ages
Author: S. H. Rigby
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0470998776

This authoritative survey of Britain in the later Middle Ages comprises 28 chapters written by leading figures in the field. Covers social, economic, political, religious, and cultural history in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales Provides a guide to the historical debates over the later Middle Ages Addresses questions at the leading edge of historical scholarship Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading

Household Knowledges in Late-medieval England and France

Household Knowledges in Late-medieval England and France
Author: Glenn Burger
Publisher: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: England
ISBN: 9781526144218

This book examines how the late-medieval household acted as a sorter, user and disseminator of information. Considering the reciprocal relationship between the domestic experience and its cultural expression, contributors provide a fresh illustration of the imaginative scope of the late-medieval home and its centrality to cultural production.

Humphrey Newton (1466-1536)

Humphrey Newton (1466-1536)
Author: Deborah Youngs
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1843833956

The public and political lives of the fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century gentry have been extensively studied, but comparatively little is known of their private lives and beliefs. Humphrey Newton of Pownall, Cheshire, offers a rare and fascinating opportunity to redress the balance, thanks to the fortunate survival of a commonplace book he compiled c.1498-1524. Drawing upon this unique manuscript, this interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional study of Newton explores his family life, landed estate, legal work, piety, and his literary skills [he composed nearly twenty courtly love lyrics]. It charts his social advancement and the self-fashioning of his gentle image, while placing him in the context of current discussions of gentry culture. What makes Newton even more noteworthy is that he was among the unsung and little known stratum of English society historians have labelled the 'lesser' gentry. As such, this book provides the first comprehensive biography of an early Tudor gentleman. Dr DEBORAH YOUNGS is lecturer in medieval history at Swansea University.