David Potter is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Kent at Canterbury and has published widely on late medieval and early modern France.

• Introduction ; 1. The political world of France, c. 1200-1336 ; 2. Society and the economy, part 1: one the eve of the crisis ; 3. The crown and provinces in the fourteenth century ; 4. France and the Hundred Years War ; 5. Society and the economy, part 2: the crisis and its aftermath ; 6. The crown and the provinces in the sixteenth century ; 7. The king and his government under the Valois ; 8. The later medieval French noblesse ; Conclusion

David Potter is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Kent at Canterbury and has published widely on late medieval and early modern France.

• Introduction ; 1. The political world of France, c. 1200-1336 ; 2. Society and the economy, part 1: one the eve of the crisis ; 3. The crown and provinces in the fourteenth century ; 4. France and the Hundred Years War ; 5. Society and the economy, part 2: the crisis and its aftermath ; 6. The crown and the provinces in the sixteenth century ; 7. The king and his government under the Valois ; 8. The later medieval French noblesse ; Conclusion