The relationship of lords and their men between the 'feudal' era and modern times has perplexed many historians and persuaded some of the decadence of later medieval society. In Scotland the nobility of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries have been renowned for self seeking lawlessness. In this highly original study of the written contracts between the Scottish lords and their followers under the Stewart monarchy, a body of evidence as substantial as it is neglected, Jenny Wormald supplies new ways of thinking about the ...
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The relationship of lords and their men between the 'feudal' era and modern times has perplexed many historians and persuaded some of the decadence of later medieval society. In Scotland the nobility of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries have been renowned for self seeking lawlessness. In this highly original study of the written contracts between the Scottish lords and their followers under the Stewart monarchy, a body of evidence as substantial as it is neglected, Jenny Wormald supplies new ways of thinking about the 'post feudal' aristocracy, not only in Scotland but in other countries too.
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