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8 - Nobility and Aristocracy

from Part III - Individuals and Institutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2022

By
Daniel Booker  and
S. D. Church
Edited by
Benjamin Pohl
Benjamin Pohl
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
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Summary

Continuing the volume’s third thematic strand (Individuals and Institutions), this chapter studies the nobility and aristocracy in the age of William the Conqueror. The discussion begins by pointing out the importance of hierarchy and status before drawing attention to the subjects of ancestry, culture, and education amongst the elites of the cross-Channel Anglo-Norman world and their neighbours on the Continent. Following investigations of aristocratic splendour and largesse, as well as of violence and competition, it closes by taking stock of the situation on the eve of William’s conquest of England.

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EnglandNormandyFrancecourtsaristocracynobilityculture
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The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror , pp. 163 - 184
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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