Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. List of Tables and Figures IX
4. Acknowledgments XI
5. List of Abbreviations XIII
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Vassals, Tenants-in-Chief, and the Transformation of the Honor 14
8. 2. Violence, Lawlessness, and Law in Gentry Society 59
9. 3. Land and Economic Development Among the Gentry 86
10. 4. Family and Household Among the Gentry 106
11. 5. The Gentry, Piety, and the Church 131
12. 6. Was There a Crisis of the Gentry? 156
13. 7. The Gentry, Royal Government, and Magna Carta 168
14. Conclusion 193
15. Appendix One: The Mowbray and Percy Honors 197
16. Appendix Two: Gentry Families With Property in York 200
17. Appendix Three: History and a Miraculous Rise from the Dead 202
18. Appendix Four: The Langbargh Charter and Political Dissent 204
19. Bibliography 207
20. Index 227
21. Backmatter 239