Justine Firnhaber-Baker is a Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of St Andrews.

'In this well-written and deeply researched book, Firnhaber-Baker demonstrates not just what royal officials were supposed to do, but what they actually did. … With skill and grit, [she] illuminates how power was exercised and experienced in Languedoc over six generations. Violence and the State in Languedoc, 1250–1400 is a major achievement.' Philip Daileader, Speculum

• Introduction: history, historians, and Seigneurial War; 1. War and peace in post-Albigensian Languedoc, 1250–70; 2. Philip the Fair's mission from God, 1270–1314; 3. The last Capetians and the Hundred Years War, 1315–50; 4. The changing experience of violence, 1350–64; 5. Violence and the state, 1365–1400; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography.

Justine Firnhaber-Baker is a Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of St Andrews.

'In this well-written and deeply researched book, Firnhaber-Baker demonstrates not just what royal officials were supposed to do, but what they actually did. … With skill and grit, [she] illuminates how power was exercised and experienced in Languedoc over six generations. Violence and the State in Languedoc, 1250–1400 is a major achievement.' Philip Daileader, Speculum

• Introduction: history, historians, and Seigneurial War; 1. War and peace in post-Albigensian Languedoc, 1250–70; 2. Philip the Fair's mission from God, 1270–1314; 3. The last Capetians and the Hundred Years War, 1315–50; 4. The changing experience of violence, 1350–64; 5. Violence and the state, 1365–1400; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography.

Justine Firnhaber-Baker is a Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of St Andrews.

'In this well-written and deeply researched book, Firnhaber-Baker demonstrates not just what royal officials were supposed to do, but what they actually did. … With skill and grit, [she] illuminates how power was exercised and experienced in Languedoc over six generations. Violence and the State in Languedoc, 1250–1400 is a major achievement.' Philip Daileader, Speculum

• Introduction: history, historians, and Seigneurial War; 1. War and peace in post-Albigensian Languedoc, 1250–70; 2. Philip the Fair's mission from God, 1270–1314; 3. The last Capetians and the Hundred Years War, 1315–50; 4. The changing experience of violence, 1350–64; 5. Violence and the state, 1365–1400; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography.