The Origins of the English Gentry by Peter Coss
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.
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