A general survey of the English nobility and specific studies of Edward I's treatment of his earls and on the education of the nobility.

First Published in 2004. Four things dominated the life of the mediaeval noble: warfare, politics, land and family. It is with these central themes that this bo

Essays in this collection examine the lifestyles and attitudes of the gentry in late-medieval England. Through surveys of the gentry's military background, admi

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

In the later medieval centuries, a whole range of important social, political and artistic activities took place against the backdrop of the great English house