Table of Contents

Historians without Hindsight: Coggeshall, Diceto and Howden on the Early Years of King John's Reign - John B Gillingham
The English Economy in the Early Thirteenth Century - Jim L Bolton
Early Thirteenth-Century Prices - Simone Lavabre
Early Thirteenth Century Prices - Paul Latimer
The Revenues of John and Philip Augustus Revisited - Nick Barratt
The Norman Exchequer Rolls of King John - Vincent Moss
King John and the Norman Aristocracy - Daniel Power
Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Last Years - Jane P. Martindale
Isabella of Angouleme: John's Jezebel - Nicholas C. Vincent
John and Ireland - Sean Duffy
John King of England and the Kings of Scots - Archibald A M Duncan
King John and Wales - Ifor W Rowlands ***
John and the Church of Rome - Christopher Harper-Bill
John and Justice - Ralph Turner
King John and the Empire - Natalie Fryde
Philip Augustus and King John: Personality and History - Jim Bradbury

About the Author

S.D. Church is Professor in Medieval Studies at the University of Lincoln. NICHOLAS VINCENT is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia and a Fellow of the British Academy

Reviews

Level, useful small-scale studies which enhance...our view of the king.... We learn new things about John and the Empire, and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and also about the ladies in John's life... a rounded collection of essays. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW An immensely valuable corpus of recent research, consistently of the highest order... destined to be extensively - and justifiable - cited. HISTORY This excellent volume restores balance to our view of John and his reign.
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