The Image of Aristocracy

David Crouch provides a broad definition of aristorcracy by examining the ways aristocrats behaved and lived between 1000 and 1300. He analyses life-style, class and luxurious living in those years. A distinctive feature of the book is that it takes a British, rather than Anglocentric, view - looking at the penetration of Welsh and Scottish society by Anglo-French ideas of aristocracy.

David Crouch (University of Hull) (Author)

INTRODUCTION: ARISTOCRACY AND NOBILITY Part I: Hereditary titles and social dignities 1 THE EARL AND THE COUNT 2 WELSH PRINCES AND THE PREHISTORY OF THE PEERAGE 3 SOCIAL DIGNITIES: BARONS AND BANNERETS 4 THE KNIGHT 5 THE SQUIRE AND LESSER RANKS Part II: Trappings and insignia 6 THE GREATER INSIGNIA 7 INSIGNIA DEFINING ARISTOCRACY 8 CASTLES AND HALLS 9 THE NOBLE HOUSEHOLD 10 PIETY AND STATUS?