Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-354) and index.
Contents
Noble conduct -- Reconstructing chivalry -- From preudommie to chevalerie -- Out of the iron age -- Noble descent -- Constructing families -- The power of lineage -- Inventing snobbery -- Noble class -- Historians and noble class -- Historians and noble class -- Medieval people and social division -- The precocity of England -- Noble Lordship -- The Feudal debate -- Power and structures -- Noble women : the view from the stands.