The fourteenth century 1307 - 1399 - May McKisack (Oxford History of England #5)

This book attempts a review of the history of fourteenth-century England in the light of modern scholarship and of some recently edited texts. It discusses the political crises of the reigns of Edward II, Edward III, and Richard II and takes account of legal, parliamentary, and administrative developments. It examines the origins of the Hundred Years War, deals briefly with its course, and considers the impact of the war upon contemporary society. Anglo-papal relations and the condition of the English Church form the subject of one chapter, heretical, educational, and literary movements of another. Social and economic topics discussed include the effects of the Black Death, the causes and symptoms of agrarian unrest, the fluctuations of trade and industry, and the multiplication of guilds.