Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
6. TECHNICAL MATTERS: CURRENCIES, CALENDARS, NOMENCLATURE xvii
7. CHAPTER I. England and France in the Early Thirteenth Century 1
8. CHAPTER II Two Great Monasteries and Two Young Men 25
9. CHAPTER III. The Treaty of Paris 49
10. CHAPTER IV. The Best of Times, the Worst of Times 66
11. CHAPTER V. A Monumental Rivalry 100
12. CHAPTER VI. Two Royal Successions 130
13. CHAPTER VII. The Abbeys in the New Regimes 159
14. CHAPTER VIII. Diplomacy and Governance 182
15. CHAPTER IX. Epilogue 216
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 223
17. INDEX 243