BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS ACCESSION TO THE THRONE—EDWARD'S EARLIEST PROCEEDINGS THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS MIDDLE PERIOD OF EDWARD'S LIFE, A.D. 1279–1290 RETROSPECTI

The first major biography of a truly formidable king, whose reign was one of the most dramatic and important of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conqu

This study of Edward I's governance radically re-evaluates his motivations and achievements, presenting an entirely new interpretation of his reign.

Edward I—one of the outstanding monarchs of the English Middle Ages—pioneered legal and parliamentary change in England, conquered Wales, and came close to