'A lively read, making its way around some controversial points persuasively and judiciously. The author's enthusiasm for his subject shines through on every page.' - David Bates, University of East Anglia, UK 'Roger Wickson's very readable synthesis of early medieval England's two estates, the crown and the church, makes no assumptions about its readers' knowledge but leaves them with a ... Read moreclear and detailed understanding of how a different world of kings and their special advisors, the bishops, really worked. For the student and general reader he is concise without being over-simplified, and he tells a good story, often with apposite parallels to the modern world.' - Philip Morgan, Keele University, UK Show Less