The English Gentry, 1250-1350

FAIN: FA-11738-77

Scott L. Waugh
UCLA; Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA 90024-4201)

To study gentry society in Gloucestershire, Herefordshird, and Shropshire and the role of the gentry in politics in England from 1250-1350. The study will attempt to define gentry within the context of late medieval society and to explore its relationship to other social classes. It will focus particularly on economic and political factors.