This work approaches the world of the medieval gentry through the monuments they left behind. The Cobham family left a large collection of brasses in their chur... » 

This work approaches the world of the medieval gentry through the monuments they left behind. The Cobham family left a large collection of brasses in their church at Cobham, which the author uses to take the reader to the heart of the gentry's aspirations, fears, successes and disappointments. «