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The world of the Stonors : a gentry society /

The Stonor letters and papers are second in quantity only to the Paston letters. Nevertheless, while studies of the parvenu Pastons of Norfolk abound, no historian has used the Stonor archive to write about this significantly longer-established gentry fam.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Noble, Elizabeth (Of N.S.W.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2009.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Approaching the Stonors and their papers
  • The Stonors : a gentry family biography
  • Lineage
  • Landed estate
  • The Stonors' lords
  • Early social networks : Judge John to Thomas I
  • Later social networks and gentry values : Thomas II and William
  • Conclusion: Gentry networks, culture, mentality, and society.