{"product_id":"2026100008807-secondhand-vassals-the-gentry-of-heiresses-angevin-yorkshire-crusaders-1154-1216-and-thugs","title":"Vassals, The Gentry Of Heiresses, Angevin Yorkshire, Crusaders, 1154-1216 And Thugs","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the turbulent age of the Plantagenets, the knights and landowners of Yorkshire were far more than simple warriors — they were vassals, crusaders, power brokers, and, at times, outright thugs. Hugh M. Thomas's Vassals, Heiresses, Crusaders, and Thugs: The Gentry of Angevin Yorkshire, 1154–1216 presents a meticulously researched portrait of the provincial gentry during one of England's most consequential medieval periods, tracing how this class of men — and the heiresses bound to them — navigated the complex webs of feudal obligation, land inheritance, religious crusade, and raw political violence.\n\nThomas argues that the gentry of Angevin Yorkshire were not passive recipients of royal policy but active, calculating agents who shaped local society through strategic marriages, litigation, military service, and intimidation. Drawing on an impressive array of charters, legal records, and chronicles, his work illuminates the lived realities of medieval lordship with both scholarly rigour and narrative clarity. For anyone seeking to understand how power truly functioned in medieval England — beyond the throne room and into the muddy fields and contested manors of the north — this is an indispensable and revelatory study.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336809980123,"sku":"2026100008807-SECONDHAND","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/856aacf5-8a5f-4ad1-858b-8b076f1a74ef.png?v=1789958322","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008807-secondhand-vassals-the-gentry-of-heiresses-angevin-yorkshire-crusaders-1154-1216-and-thugs","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}