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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1414308" data-attributes="member: 8447"><p>The hierarchy is "it depends..."</p><p></p><p>In <em>general</em> the order is something like this: knight, baron, earl/count, duke, prince, king, emperor, with marquis ranking somewhere around the count-to-duke range, but this is only the "ideal". For example, the title of duke (and marquis) didn't exist in England until late in the Middle Ages, while in certain cases a baron might outrank a count, due to age of family or special prerogatives. </p><p></p><p>Amount of land, age of particular lineage, favour with an overlord, personal skill or prowess, who you were married to (or which of your children you married to whom) could all affect your social status to a wide extent.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and while the Gies' omnibus book may be out of print, the inidividual books are still very much <em>in</em> print, at least here in the US -- I saw <u>Life in a Medieval Castle</u> and <u>Life in a Medieval Village</u> today at the local Border's. Barbara Tuchman's book is a bit more problematic -- not really her period. For a good general book on the Middle Ages, I would suggest trying to find a copy of the late C. Warren Hollister's textbook <u>Medieval Europe: a Short History</u>. It is short, to the point, and has a wealth of small details that are great to read through. If you are anywhere near a college town, you can probably find a copy on the cheap in a used book store <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1414308, member: 8447"] The hierarchy is "it depends..." In [I]general[/I] the order is something like this: knight, baron, earl/count, duke, prince, king, emperor, with marquis ranking somewhere around the count-to-duke range, but this is only the "ideal". For example, the title of duke (and marquis) didn't exist in England until late in the Middle Ages, while in certain cases a baron might outrank a count, due to age of family or special prerogatives. Amount of land, age of particular lineage, favour with an overlord, personal skill or prowess, who you were married to (or which of your children you married to whom) could all affect your social status to a wide extent. Oh, and while the Gies' omnibus book may be out of print, the inidividual books are still very much [I]in[/I] print, at least here in the US -- I saw [U]Life in a Medieval Castle[/U] and [U]Life in a Medieval Village[/U] today at the local Border's. Barbara Tuchman's book is a bit more problematic -- not really her period. For a good general book on the Middle Ages, I would suggest trying to find a copy of the late C. Warren Hollister's textbook [U]Medieval Europe: a Short History[/U]. It is short, to the point, and has a wealth of small details that are great to read through. If you are anywhere near a college town, you can probably find a copy on the cheap in a used book store ;) [/QUOTE]
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