This book explores the dimensions of political society and the major preoccupations of English politics between the later years of Edward I's reign and the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses.About the Author: W.M. ORMROD was born in South Wales and studied at King's College, London and Worcester College, Oxford. He was Lecturer in History at the Universities of Sheffield and Belfast, and Research Fellow at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and is now Lecturer in History at the University of York. He has written widely on later medieval English history, and is author of The Reign of Edward III.W.M. ORMROD was born in South Wales and studied at King's College, London and Worcester College, Oxford. He was Lecturer in History at the Universities of Sheffield and Belfast, and Research Fellow at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and is now Lecturer in History at the University of York. He has written widely on later medieval English history, and is author of The Reign of Edward III.