Politics and Society in Mid Thirteenth-Century England

A reinterpretation of the political crises of the thirteenth-century England, wherein ideas are subordinated to interests; less an era of revolution, reform, and rebellion and more one of crisis, born of political instability but in broader institutional, administrative, economic, and legal contexts.

A doctoral student of Rodney Hilton at Birmingham, Peter Coss joined the board of Past and Present in 1984 and was a lecturer and subsequently professor at the University of Northumbria. He held the established chair of medieval history at Cardiff University from 1995-2013 where he became head of the School of History, Archaeology and Religion. He held a Leverhulme Fellowship at the University of Pisa and Visiting Fellowships at Magdalen and Exeter Colleges, Oxford. He was awarded a D. Litt. by Cardiff University for his contribution to knowledge and has published six monographs, three editions of historical documents, a dozen edited collections, and more than 50 essays.

- List of Abbreviations
- 1: The Whig Interpretation of Thirteenth-Century England
- 2: The Angevin Legacy and the Kingship of Henry III
- 3: The Impact of Royal Policy on the Nobility: Patronage, Appeasement and Privatization
- 4: Power and Profit in the Provinces
- 5: Reform and the Knights of 1258
- 6: Faction, Party and Affinity
- 7: Civil War
- 8: Simon de Montfort and his Support
- 9: Public Authority and the Provisions of Westminster
- 10: Resolution and Equilibrium, 1267-90
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index