The reigns of Edward II, Edward III and Richard II saw the monarchy survive a number of political crises which significantly influenced the legal, administrative and parliamentary developments of the period. This work, now available in paperback for the first time, examines the problems confronting the last of the Plantagenets, including the course and effects of the Scottish and Hundred Years Wars, the influence of the Black Death and fluctuating economic fortunes on the Peasants' Revolt, and the implications of the Great Schism and Lollardy for the English Church.