The Gentry of North Wales in the Later Middle Ages
Author(s) A. D. Carr
Language: English
Genre(s): Welsh Interest, History
Series: Studies in Welsh History
- October 2017 · 304 pages ·216x138mm
- · Paperback - 9781786831354
- · eBook - pdf - 9781786831361
- · eBook - epub - 9781786831378
About The Book
Endorsements
'Professor Antony Carr of Bangor has spent his life on the study of medieval Wales; he has now produced a masterpiece of learning on Welsh society in what some see as its golden age. Seldom does one encounter a historical work so flawless and satisfying in its presentation. It is a model of enquiry, and should be known outside Wales as a example of how to describe any historical community, high or low. Professor Carr offers the ripe fruits of a lifetime's research. His book has classic status; it deserves careful reading and re-reading. Its excellences are such that even scholars who know nothing of Wales could learn a vast amount from it.'
- Andrew Breeze, University of Navarre, Mediaevistik
Contents
Preface
List of Abbreviations
1. Who Were the Gentry?
2. Leaders of the Community
3. Office and Service
4. The Political Nation
5. The Wealth of the Gentry
6. Marriage and Family
7. The Way They Lived Then
8. Cultural Patrons
9 New Horizons
Bibliography
Index