Table of Contents

Part I: Introductory
The Environment
The Crown and Kingship
Government
Part II: Politics and War
Politics under Henry III
Reconstruction and Reform, 1266-94
Wales
Political Crises, 1294-1311
Times of Trouble, 1311-1330
Scotland
England under Edward III
England and France
The Armies of Edward III's French War
Part III: Society and People
The Great Lords
The Knights and the Gentry
Landownership and the Law
The Management of Land
The Peasantry
The Towns
Trade and Merchants
Crime and Punishment
Population and the Black Death
Conclusion

About the Author

Michael Prestwich has taught at Oxford and the University of St. Andrews before moving to the University of Durham in 1979. He has been Professor of History since 1986 and from 1992 to 1999 he was Pro-Vice-Chancellor.

Reviews

`[An]...impressive volume... a splendidly clear and useable account.'
John Hudson, BBC History Magazine
`an admirable blend of clarity and objective empiricism.'
Nicholas Vincent, Times Literary Supplement