New research on kings and kingship in the middle ages, in Britain and Europe.

`Bad rulership in Angevin Italy: The Sicilian Vespers and their Ramifications'. - David Abulafia
`The Reputation of the Sheriff, 1100-1216'. - Emilie M Amt
`The True Cross and the Kings of Jerusalem'. - Deborah Gerish
`The Royal Love in Anglo-Norman England: Fiscal or Courtly Concept?'. - Stephanie Mooers Christelow
`The Balance of Patronage: King John and the Earl of Salisbury'. - Brock Holden
`William the Bad or William the Unlucky? Kingship in Sicily 1154-1166'. -
`Bad Kingship in he Earlier Middle Ages'. - Janet L Nelson
`King Stephen, the Empress Matilda and the Politics of Personality'. - Jean A Truax
`Good or Bad Kingship? The Case of Richard Lionheart'. - Ralph Turner