The Making of the Neville Family in England, 1166-1400 - Hardcover

Young, Charles R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851156681 ISBN 13: 9780851156682

Publisher: Boydell Press, 1996

Synopsis

The story of the Neville family is a fascinating one. From their inconspicuous beginnings in Lincolnshire after the Norman Conquest, by the fourteenth century the Nevilles of Raby were among the most influential groups in the north of England, virtually ruling the area by means of the royal offices they held, and their political power reached its zenith in the fifteenth century with Richard de Neville, earl of Warwick, the so-called Kingmaker. This new study aims to answer the question of how a family of knightly status but with no special prominence was able to rise to such heights, tracing its growth and development through a careful examination of surviving documents; it also illustrates how the governance of medieval England worked with the cooperation of baronial families in a pragmatic manner, quite apart from any abstract legal or constitutional principles. CHARLES R. YOUNG is Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University.

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CHARLES R. YOUNG is Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University.

Review:

A highly useful book that brings great clarity to the story of the rise of a family of major significance in late-medieval England. SPECULUM

About this edition

• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0851156681
• ISBN 13: 9780851156682
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 186