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Henry Loyn, DLitt, FSA, FRHistS, is Professor of Medieval History at University College, Cardiff. He is President of the Historical Association and a past Vice-President of the Society for Medieval Archaeology. Alan Sorrell, who died in 1974, was a distinguished draughtsman and painter who is undoubtedly best known to the general public for his reconstruction drawings which appear at archaeological sites all over the country. His drawings of the Welsh castles, the great monastic establishments, manors and palaces of the Middle Ages, will be familiar to all students of the period. A the time of his death he had finished ten for the drawings for this book, and roughs for all the rest. His son Richard Sorrell has since carried the work to completion. Richard Sorrell, draughtsman and painter, studied at the Royal Academy Schools. His work includes landscapes, portraits and imaginary compositions. His drawings for the Museum of London have also established for him a reputation in the field of historical reconstruction.

Book List 1. Kings and Barons: From Magna Carta to the Death of Henry III 2. The Reign of Edward I 3. Economy and Society in the Thirteenth Century 4. The Monarchy and Politics in the Fourteenth Century 5. The First Stages of the Hundred Years War 6. Economic Problems: Famine, Plague and Peasant Discontent 7. Intellectual Life in the Fourteenth Century 8. The House of Lancaster: The Last Stages of the Hundred Years War 9. The Wars of the Roses: Lancaster and York 10. Economic Revival and Intellectual Life in Fifteenth-Century England