TY - BOOK ID - 2770638 TI - Nobles and nobility in medieval Europe : concepts, origins, transformations PY - 2000 SN - 0851157696 9786610544721 1846150116 1280544724 058544353X PB - Woodbridge, Suffolk Rochester, N. Y. Boydell Press DB - UniCat KW - Beschaving [Middeleeuwse ] KW - Civilisation médiévale KW - Civilization [Medieval ] KW - Civilization [Medieval ]--History KW - Europa--Beschaving--476-1492 KW - Europe--Civilisation--476-1492 KW - Europe--Civilization--476-1492 KW - Medieval civilization KW - Middeleeuwen--Beschaving KW - Middeleeuwen--Cultuur KW - Middeleeuwse beschaving KW - Middeleeuwse cultuur KW - Middle Ages--Civilization KW - Moyen-Age--Civilisation KW - Nobility KW - Civilization, Medieval. KW - Noblesse KW - History. KW - Histoire KW - Europe KW - Politics and government KW - Social life and customs KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Moeurs et coutumes KW - Civilization, Medieval KW - -Noble class KW - Noble families KW - Nobles (Social class) KW - Peerage KW - Upper class KW - Aristocracy (Social class) KW - Titles of honor and nobility KW - Middle Ages KW - Civilization KW - Chivalry KW - Renaissance KW - History KW - Politics and government. KW - Social life and customs. KW - Politics KW - -History KW - Civilisation médiévale UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2770638 AB - The concept of nobility in the middle ages is the focus of this volume. Embracing regions as diverse as England (before and after the Norman Conquest), Italy, the Iberian peninsula, France, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and the Romano-German empire, it ranges over the whole medieval period from the fifth to the early sixteenth century. The articles confront many of the central issues about the origins and nature of `nobility', its relationship with the late Roman world, its acquisition and exercise of power, its association with military obligation, and its gradual `pacification' and transformation into a more or less willing instrument of royal government (indeed, the symbiotic relationship between royal, or imperial, and noble power is a recurring theme). Other ideas historically linked to the concept of nobility and discussed here are `nobility' itself; the distinction between nobility of birth and nobility of character; chivalry; violence and its effects; and noblewomen as co-progenitors and transmitters of nobility of blood. <br><br> Dr ANNE DUGGAN teaches in the Department of History at King's College London. ER -