The English Nobility under Edward the Confessor

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the lay landholders of England in the period immediately before the Norman Conquest. Peter A. Clarke builds a detailed and convincing picture of patterns of landholding and lordship, and compares conditions under Edward the Confessor with those of the Norman regime which followed. His work marks a significant advance in knowledge and understanding of medieval England, and the book's extensive and detailed appendices of landholders and their estates will form an invaluable reference resource.