This authoritative survey of Britain in the later Middle Ages comprises 28 chapters written by leading figures in the field.

• Covers social, economic, political, religious, and cultural history in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
• Provides a guide to the historical debates over the later Middle Ages
• Addresses questions at the leading edge of historical scholarship
• Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading

S. H. Rigby is Reader in History at the University of Manchester. His previous publications include Engels and the Formation of Marxism (1992), English Society in the Later Middle Ages (1995), Chaucer in Context (1996) and Marxism and History (second edition, 1998).