The documents of the bishops of Coventry and Lichfield in the thirteenth-century reveal everyday life in medieval Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Derbyshire, from the monks who lost their books in a fire to the men who struggled to carry bodies for burial through floods and snow. They are collected and edited here for the first time.
Jeffrey H. Denton is Professor of Medieval History, University of Sheffield.
Philippa Hoskin is Reader in Medieval History, University of Lincoln.