David Carpenter is Professor of Medieval History at King's College London. He is the author of THE BATTLES OF LEWES AND EVESHAM and THE REIGN OF HENRY III.

• The Struggle for MasteryList of Maps and Genealogical TablesPrefaceMapsMoney, Technical Terms, and Names of People and Places1. The Peoples of Britain2. The Economies of Britain3. The Norman Conquest of England, 1066-874. Wales, Scotland and the Normans, 1058-945. Britain and the Anglo-Norman Realm, 1087-11356. Britain Remodelled: King Stephen, 1135-54, King David, 1124-53, and the Welsh Rulers7. King Henry II, Britain and Ireland, 1154-898. Richard the Lionheart, 1189-99, and William the Lion, 1165-12149. The Reign of King John, 1199-121610. The Minority of Henry III and its Sequel, 1216-34, Llywelyn the Great, 1194-1240, and Alexander II, 1214-4911. Britain During the Personal Rule of King Henry III, 1234-5812. The Tribulations of Henry III, the Triumphs of Alexander III and Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, 1255-7213. Structures of Society14. Church, Religion, Literacy and Learning15. King Edward I: The Parliamentary State16. Wales and Scotland: Conquest and CoexistenceGenealogical TablesBibliographyIndex

"This is a fine, up-to-date synthesis of a grand subject, now suitably enlarged." —T.N. Bisson, Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History, Harvard University