Edward I

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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 conquering Scotland. A major player in European diplomacy and war, he acted as peacemaker during the 1280s but became involved in a bitter war with Philip IV a decade later. This book is the definitive account of a remarkable king and his long and significant reign. Widely praised when it was first published in 1988, it is now reissued with a new introduction and updated bibliographic guide.   Praise for the earlier edition: "A masterly achievement. . . . A work of enduring value and one certain to remain the standard life for many years."—Times Literary Supplement   "A fine book: learned, judicious, carefully thought out and skillfully presented. It is as near comprehensive as any single volume could be."—History Today   "To have died more revered than any other English monarch was an outstanding achievement; and it is worthily commemorated by this outstanding addition to the . . . corpus of royal biographies."—Times Education Supplement   CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FOREWORD TO THE YALE EDITION PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION ABBREVIATED REFERENCES NOTE ON MONEY PART I. The Heir to the Throne 1. The Green Tree, 1239-58 2. The Leopard, 1258-70 3. The Crusader PART II. The King in his Prime 4. Coronation and Consolidation 5. The King and his family 6. The Royal Household 7. The Conquest of Wales 8. Wales: Settlement and Rebellion 9. The Government of England, 1278-86 10. The Statutes and the Law 11. The Duke of Aquitaine, 1273-94 12. Diplomacy, 1274-94 PART III. The Later Years 13. Before the Storm, 1289-94 14. The Great Cause, 1291-2 15. The War with France, 1294-8 16. The Years of Crisis, 1294-8 17. Council and Parliament 18. The Scottish Wars, 1296-1307 19. The Last Years, 1298-1307 20. Epilogue appendix: Financial Tables GENEALOGICAL TABLES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX