| Illustrations and Maps | xi |
| Tables and Graph | xiii |
| A Note on Monies and Exchange Rates Employed in This Book | xv |
| Preface | xvii |
| Part 1 | The Capetian Legacy, 1179-1190 | |
| 1. | Narrative: The Struggle for Survival | 3 |
| The Coronation and Its Participants | 3 |
| Shifting Alliances | 16 |
| The Territorial Balance Sheet | 24 |
| 2. | The King and His Men | 28 |
| 3. | Justice and Finance: The Chief Business of Government | 37 |
| Justice | 37 |
| Finance | 44 |
| 4. | Towns and Churches: The Extension of Royal Influence | 59 |
| Towns | 59 |
| Churches | 64 |
| Part 2 | The Decisive Decade, 1190-1203 | |
| 5. | Narrative: The Ill Fortunes of War | 77 |
| The Third Crusade | 77 |
| The Flemish Inheritance | 80 |
| Ingeborg of Denmark and Agnes de Meran | 82 |
| John Against Richard | 87 |
| Arthur Against John | 94 |
| 6. | The King's New Men | 101 |
| The Regency (June 1190-December 1191) | 102 |
| The Withdrawal of the Magnates | 104 |
| The King's New Men | 106 |
| Chamberlains: The Sons of Gautier | 107 |
| Knights of the King: Barthelemy de Roye and Henri Clement | 109 |
| Clerics of the King: Brother Guerin | 115 |
| Baillis | 125 |
| 7. | The Reorganization of Justice and Finance | 137 |
| The Expansion of Justice | 137 |
| Fiscal Accounts | 144 |
| The Royal Income, 1202/03 | 152 |
| The Agricultural Domain | 155 |
| Towns and Commerce | 158 |
| Regalian Churches | 161 |
| Justice | 162 |
| Military Revenues | 163 |
| Expenses | 164 |
| War and Finances | 166 |
| 8. | The Blessings of Ecclesiastical Liberties | 176 |
| Part 3 | Conquest and Consolidation, 1203-1214 | |
| 9. | Narrative: The Great Conquests and the Victory at Bouvines | 191 |
| The Invasion of Normandy and the Loire Valley (1203-1206) | 191 |
| The Intervening Lull (1206-1212): The Realignment of the Great Fiefs | 196 |
| The Climax of Bouvines (1212-1214) | 207 |
| 10. | Baillis and Seneschals: Justice and Finance in the New Domain | 220 |
| The Norman Baillis | 220 |
| The Norman Administration of Justice | 225 |
| The Administration of the Jews | 230 |
| Seneschals in the Loire Valley | 233 |
| Reckoning the Gains of the Conquests | 239 |
| Inquests and Inventories: The Mentality of Taking Stock | 248 |
| Forests | 251 |
| 11. | The King as Seigneur | 259 |
| The Hierarchy of Fiefs | 260 |
| Homage and Fealty | 263 |
| The King's Court | 264 |
| Pledges | 266 |
| Marriage | 269 |
| Fief-Rentes | 272 |
| Relief and Wardship | 277 |
| Feudal Military Service | 279 |
| Military Service of Prelates and Barons | 281 |
| Military Service in the Domain: The Findings of the Inventories | 286 |
| The Capetian Inventories of Normandy | 289 |
| The Inventories of the Old Capetian Domain | 293 |
| Castleguard and Castles | 294 |
| 12. | Repossessing the Churches | 304 |
| New Gains | 304 |
| Continuities: Freedom of Elections | 306 |
| A Halt to Renunciations of Regalia | 309 |
| Taking Stock of Ecclesiastical Resources | 311 |
| Defining Boundaries Between King and Clergy | 315 |
| Secular and Ecclesiastical Property Rights | 318 |
| Maintenance of Public Order | 323 |
| Epilogue: Victory, 1214-1223 | |
| 13. | The Fruits of Victory | 331 |
| Narrative: Adventures in England and the South | 332 |
| Peace | 339 |
| Paris | 342 |
| Prosperity | 351 |
| 14. | Philip, the Realm, and the Emergence of Royal Ideology | 355 |
| Philip | 356 |
| The Realm | 359 |
| The Emergence of Royal Ideology | 362 |
| The Birth of the King and His Blood Right | 367 |
| The Consecration of the King and His Defense of the Church | 374 |
| The Meaning of Bouvines | 380 |
| The Burial of the King and His Personal Sanctity | 389 |
| 15. | Postscript: Uncovering the Government of Philip Augustus | 394 |
| Chronicles | 395 |
| Charters | 401 |
| Fiscal Accounts | 405 |
| The Royal Archives (Tresor des Chartes) | 407 |
| Registers | 412 |
| Norman Exchequer Judgments | 418 |
| Appendices | |
| A. | Personnel of the Central Government | 426 |
| B. | Prevots and Baillis | 428 |
| C. | Elections of Bishops to Regalian Sees, 1179-1223 | 434 |
| D. | Archbishoprics, Bishoprics, and Abbeys | 442 |
| E. | Knight Service at Bouvines | 450 |
| Abbreviations | 455 |
| Notes | 459 |
| Index | 591 |
