The English Aristocracy at War
Author: David Simpkin
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 1843833883
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new appraisal of the military careers and activities of soldiers from elite medieval families.
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Author: David Simpkin
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 1843833883
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new appraisal of the military careers and activities of soldiers from elite medieval families.
Author: Andrew Ayton
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780851157399
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDr Ayton has transformed understanding of Edward III's armies - compulsory reading for anyone interested in the Hundred Years War. WAR IN HISTORY [Michael Prestwich] The mounted, armoured knight is one of the most potent symbols of medieval civilisation; indeed, for much of the middle ages the armoured warhorse was what defined a man as a member of the military class. However, despite the status of the knightly warrior in medieval society, the military service of the later medieval English aristocracy remains an unaccountably neglected subject, and the warhorse itself has never attracted a major study based upon archival sources. This book seeks to open up new fields of research: it focuses on the horse inventories, documents which offer detailed lists of men-at-arms and their appraised warhorses, the valuation of which is a measure of its owner's social and military status. Dr Ayton is primarily concerned with the inventories and related records for Edward III's reign, a period which witnessed significant changes in the organisation of the English fighting machine. Thedocuments produced during this period of `military revolution' cast valuable light on the character and attitudes of the aristocratic military community at a time when its traditional role was in the course of re-evaluation. Dr ANDREW AYTON is senior lecturer in history at the University of Hull.
Author: Chris Given-Wilson
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781843833895
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCrown-magnate relations, the Anglo-Scottish, Anglo-French and Anglo-Irish wars, national and local finance and administration and the nature of late medieval kingship are among the principal themes explored in this volume, along with aristocratic consumption, historical writing, chivalric culture and a review of recent work on crusading history. All newly commissioned from distinguished scholars, they shed new light on late medieval British political, military and governmental history. CONTRIBUTORS: NICHOLAS VINCENT, DAVID CARPENTER, M. L. HOLFORD, ARCHIE DUNCAN, MATTHEW STRICKLAND, BJORN WEILER, ROBIN FRAME, ANDY KING, W. MARK ORMROD, G. L. HARRISS, NORMAN HOUSLEY, ANNE CURRY, MAURICE KEEN, WENDY CHILDS
Author: Gerald Gliddon
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 586
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 344
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Published: 1865
Total Pages: 1
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Cannadine
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Published: 1990
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lawrence James
Publisher: Abacus
Published: 2010-09-02
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 0748125329
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor nine hundred years the British aristocracy has considered itself ideally qualified to rule others, make laws and guide the fortunes of the nation. Tracing the history of this remarkable supremacy, ARISTOCRATS is a story of wars, intrigue, chicanery and extremes of both selflessness and greed. James also illuminates how the aristocracy's infatuation with classical art has forged our heritage, how its love of sport has shaped our pastimes and values - and how its scandals have entertained the public. Impeccably researched, balanced and brilliantly entertaining, ARISTOCRATS is an enthralling history of power, influence and an extraordinary knack for survival.
Author: David Cannadine
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780300059816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHe reconstructs the extraordinary financial history of the dukes of Devonshire, narrates the story of the Cozens-Hardys, a Norfolk family who played a remarkably varied part in the life of their county, and offers a controversial reappraisal of the forebears, lives, work, and personalities of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West - a portrait, notes Cannadine, of more than a marriage.
Author: Richard Cust
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-06-13
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 1107009901
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA major perspective on Charles I's relationship with the English aristocracy in the lead up to the Civil War.