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Author Mercer, Malcolm (Curator)

Title The medieval gentry : power, leadership and choice during the Wars of the Roses / Malcolm Mercer
Published London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 173 pages)
Contents Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: A Fascination with Choice; 2 Who were the Gentry?; 3 The Decision- Making Process; 4 Gentry, Warfare and Violence in Late Medieval England; 5 The Public Domain: Public Service, Private Lordship and Principles; 6 The Private Domain: Locality, Neighbourhood and Family; 7 The Personal Domain: Contradictory Responses to Conflict; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary What were the principal factors that influenced and shaped the behaviour of the gentry during the Wars of the Roses, from 1455 at the first battle of St Albans to the final encounter at Stoke in 1487? It was the gentry who were the natural leaders within their communities and the nobility relied upon them for military manpower, and to act as their mouthpieces at local levels. Consequently, the gentrys ability to persuade their kinsmen and tenants to act in a particular way was crucial, especially their capacity to raise and lead men into battle. This was a critical factor in the outcome of the
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-162) and index
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Subject Gentry -- England -- History -- To 1500
Gentry -- England -- Social life and customs
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Gentry
Gentry -- Social life and customs
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056769
Subject England
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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