Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PLATES, MAPS AND FIGURES vi
4. A NOTE ON NAME FORMS AND REFERENCES viii
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS x
6. ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES xii
7. INTRODUCTION. AN UNREADY AND ILL- COUNSELLED KING? 1
8. CHAPTER 1. BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD 20
9. CHAPTER 2. ‘WOE TO THEE, OH LAND, WHEN THY KING IS A CHILD’ 60
10. CHAPTER 3. THE PRODIGAL SON 984–93 91
11. CHAPTER 4. REPENTANCE AND REFORM 993-1002 133
12. CHAPTER 5. APOCALYPSE AND INVASION 1002–9 186
13. CHAPTER 6. A KINGDOM LOST AND WON 1009–16 252
14. CONCLUSION. AN AGE OF ILL COUNSEL? 312
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 326
16. INDEX 356
17. INDEX OF CHARTERS 368