Origins of the English gentleman : heraldry, chivalry and gentility in medieval England c.1300-c.1500
Keen, Maurice, 1933-2002
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In this work, Maurice Keen explores why a host of men were accepted as entitled to coat armour because they were 'gentlemen', not because they were knights or of knightly ancestry.
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Stroud : Tempus, 2002.
Collation:
192 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), coats of arms (some col.), facsims. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and index.
ISBN:
9780752425580 (pbk)
Dewey class:
305.522309305.5223
Language:
English
BRN:
129001
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