Research Catalog

Title

Community, class, and careerism : Cheshire and Lancashire society in the age of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Michael J. Bennett.

Author

Bennett, Michael J. (Michael John), 1949-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.

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Details

Description

xii, 286 pages : genealogical table, maps; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 3rd ser., v. 18

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 3rd ser., v. 18.

Subject

• Gawain (Legendary character) > Romances > History and criticism
• Gawain (Legendary character)
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
• Gawain and the Grene Knight
• 1066-1485
• Knights and knighthood in literature
• Romances
• Manners and customs
• Social conditions
• Kultur
• Sozialgeschichte 1375-1425
• Sozialgeschichte 1300-1500
• Geschichte (1300-1500)
• Cheshire (England) > Social conditions
• Lancashire (England) > Social conditions
• Great Britain > Social life and customs > 1066-1485
• England > Cheshire
• England > Lancashire
• Great Britain
• Cheshire
• Lancashire

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Includes index.
• 其他题名:Cheshire and Lancashire Society in the Age of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 251-268.

Contents

Machine derived contents note: List of maps and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Genealogical table -- Introduction -- 1. The regional society -- 2. The county communities -- 3. Lesser solidarities -- 4. The population -- 5. Landed society -- 6. The peasantry -- 7. Towns, trade and industry -- 8. The church -- 9. Military service -- 10. Power, patronage and provincial culture -- 11. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

• 0521247446
• 9780521247443

LCCN

82004354

OCLC

• ocm08388085
• 8388085
• SCSB-9017993

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library