Angevin England

Richard Mortimer was born in London and educated at Maidstone Grammar School and the universities of Sussex and London. He researched and taught at the universities of London, Exeter, East Anglia and Cambridge, before becoming in 1986 Keeper of the Muniments at Westminister Abbey.

• List of Plates. List of Figures.List of Maps.Preface.Part I: Politics and Government: .1. The Background to Politics.2. The King's Government.3. The King and the Aristocracy.4. The King and the Church.5. England and its Neighbours.Part II: Society and Culture: .6. Rural Society.7. Towns, Industry and Trade.8. Learning, Literature and the Arts.9. England and the Angevin Empire.Bibliography.Index.

"Mortimer's volume is a well-written and thoroughly informed analysis of the dynamics and personalities of politics, diplomacy, war, and the structures of government of the century upon which Mortimer concentrates .... warmly recommended as a serious introduction to the period." Choice "Richard Mortimer's text-book is solid and reliable." Times Literary Supplement