The dynasty of Ealdorman Æthelwine and tenth-century society -- The kindred of Wulfstan of Dalham and tenth-century society -- The daughters of Ealdorman Æthelwine and the localization of power in the late tenth century -- Ealdorman Byrhtnoth's kindred and the formation of lineage identity in the early eleventh century -- The social order reshaped and the emergence of the gentry in the early eleventh century -- The formation of lordships and economic transformations during the mid eleventh century -- Landscapes of lordship and political transformations during the mid eleventh century -- The regional aristocracy and social mobility before the Norman conquest -- The regional aristocracy and social mobility during and after the Norman conquest
Summary
Investigation of the growing regional power of the English aristocracy in the central middle ages