A plethora of the most important aspects of late medieval England are covered here, with a focus on Edward I.Crown-magnate relations, the Anglo-Scottish, Anglo-French and Anglo-Irish wars, national and local finance and administration and the nature of late medieval kingship are among the principal themes explored in this volume, along with aristocratic consumption, historical writing, chivalric culture and a review of recent work on crusading history. All newly commissioned from distinguished scholars, they shed new light on late medieval British political, military and governmental history. CONTRIBUTORS: NICHOLAS VINCENT, DAVID CARPENTER, M. L. HOLFORD, ARCHIE DUNCAN, MATTHEW STRICKLAND, BJORN WEILER, ROBIN FRAME, ANDY KING, W. MARK ORMROD, G. L. HARRISS, NORMAN HOUSLEY, ANNE CURRY, MAURICE KEEN, WENDY CHILDS

IntroductionDid Henry III have a policy towards the earls? - Nicholas VincentThe Career of Godfrey of Crowcombe: Household Knight of King John and Steward of King Henry III - David CarpenterUnder-Sheriffs, the State and Local Society c. 1300-1340: A Preliminary Survey - Matthew HolfordRevisiting Norham, May-June 1291 - Archibald A M DuncanTreason, Feud and the Growth of State Violence: Edward I and the `War of the Earl of Carrick', 1306-7 - Matthew J StricklandThe Commendatio Lamentabilis for Edward I and Plantagenet Kingship - Björn WeilerHistorians, Aristocrats and Plantagenet Ireland, 1200-1360 - Robin FrameWar and Peace: A Knight's Tale. The Ethics of War in Sir Thomas Gray's Scalacronica - Andy KingThe King's Secrets: Richard de Bury and the Monarchy of Edward III - W. Mark OrmrodBudgeting at the Medieval Exchequer - Recent Scholarship on Crusading and Medieval Warfare, 1095-1291: Convergence and Divergence - Norman HousleyThe Military Ordinances of Henry V: Texts and Contexts - Anne CurryChivalry and English Kingship in the Later Middle Ages - Maurice H KeenCloth of Gold and Gold Thread: Luxury Imports to England in the Fourteenth Century - Wendy Childs