1 Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgements vii
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. 2 Period I: Immediately Before and After the Conquest (1000-1152) 5
6. 3 Period II: From the Marriage of Henry II (1152) to the Provisions of Oxford (1258) 14
7. 4 Period III: From the Provisions of Oxford (1258) to the Parliamentary Statute of 1362 27
8. 5 Period IV: From the Statute of 1362 to the Age of Printing 58
9. 6 Period V: The Age of Printing, Humanism and Reformation (1470-1600) 94
10. 7 Conclusions 186
11. Appendix I: Biographical Sketches 190
12. Appendix II: Selected Introductions and Dedications 203
13. Bibliography 221
14. Index
15. Index of Names 245
16. Index of Titles 255
17. Index of Subjects 260