Böcker av Peter Coss

This book examines developments in medieval society, and the knighthood in particular, through an in-depth study of the social structure of Warwickshire. It makes an important contribution to our understanding of the origins of the English gentry.

The gentry played a central role in medieval England, and this is a sustained attempt to explore its origins and to account for its contours and peculiarities between the mid-thirteenth and the mid-fourteenth century, arguing against views which see the gentry as formed or created earlier.

Discussion of display through a range of artefacts and in a variety of contexts: family and lineage, social distinction and aspiration, ceremony and social bonding, and the expression of power and authority.

A comprehensive study of every aspect of chivalry and chivalric culture.