"The Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War, the Wars of the Roses ... A succession of dramatic social and political upheavals reshaped England in the period 1360 to 1461. In his account of this formative period, Gerald Harriss draws on the research of the last thirty years to describe late medieval society at its peak."--BOOK JACKET.

Concepts of governance -- The king and the court -- Central government -- The nobility -- The gentry -- The local polity -- Agrarian society -- Trade, industry, and towns -- The institutional Church -- Religion, devotion, and dissent -- England, France, and Christendom, 1360-1413 -- Ruling England, 1360-1413 -- England and her neighbours -- The English in France, 1413-1453 -- Ruling England, 1413-1461.