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Bevat de namen: P.R. Coss, Peter R. Coss

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The Origins of the English Gentry (2003) 12 exemplaren
The Moral World of the Law (2000) 4 exemplaren

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Gangbare naam
Coss, Peter R.
Officiële naam
Peter R. Coss
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Coss, P.R.
Geboortedatum
1946-11-08
Geslacht
male
Land (voor op de kaart)
United Kingdom

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2.5 stars

This is a nonfiction history of “ladies” in medieval England. Ladies - not just meaning women - but upper class nobility “ladies”. It covered things like inheritance, heraldry (coats of arms, usually from the father or husband, used in women’s seals), kidnapping (aka “ravishing”!), marriage, romance…

Too academic for my liking. There were some interesting nuggets, but also a lot of big words, long paragraphs, and quotes in Middle English. When I’m bored by a book, I don’t put it down, but I tend to skim. I definitely skimmed (or just skipped) anything in Middle English, and a bit more. Otherwise, bits and pieces caught my attention, but not enough to even say it was “ok” (in my rating system). The interesting bits gave it the .5 stars above not liking it, as a whole.… (meer)
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Werken
21
Ook door
4
Leden
441
Populariteit
#55,516
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
1
ISBNs
44
Talen
1

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