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Translation of a wide range of sources, with commentary, can be found in David C. Douglas and George W. Greenaway (eds.), English Historical Documents, 1042–1189 (1953); Harry Rothwell (ed.), English Historical Documents, 1189–1327 (1975); and A.R. Myers (ed.), English Historical Documents, 1327–1485 (1969), all from the above-mentioned series. Other good anthologies are R. Allen Brown, The Norman Conquest (1984); Bertie Wilkinson, The Constitutional History of England, 1216–1399, 3 vol. (1948–58, reprinted as The Constitutional History of Medieval England, 1216–1399, 1965–67), and Constitutional History of England in the Fifteenth Century, 1399–1485 (1964). General works recommended include Helen M. Cam, England Before Elizabeth, 3rd ed. (1967); Austin Lane Poole, From Domesday Book to Magna Carta, 1087–1216, 2nd ed. (1955, reprinted 1998); Maurice Powicke, The Thirteenth Century, 1216–1307, 2nd ed. (1962); M.T. Clanchy, England and Its Rulers, 1066–1272: Foreign Lordship and National Identity (1983); May McKisack, The Fourteenth Century, 1307–1399 (1959, reprinted 1992); Anthony Tuck, Crown and Nobility 1272–1461: Political Conflict in Late Medieval England (1985); Michael Prestwich, The Three Edwards: War and State in England, 1272–1377 (1980); E.F. Jacob, The Fifteenth Century, 1399–1485 (1961, reprinted 1993); and M.H. Keen, England in the Later Middle Ages: A Political History (1973). Among studies of individual reigns are David C. Douglas, William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact upon England, new ed. (1999); Frank Barlow, William Rufus (1983); R.H.C. Davis, King Stephen, 1135–1154 (1967, reissued 1977); W.L. Warren, Henry II (1973); Michael Prestwich, Edward I (1988); G.L. Harriss (ed.), Henry V: The Practice of Kingship (1985); Bertram Wolffe, Henry VI (1973); Charles Ross, Edward IV (1974, reprinted 1999), and Richard III (1981, reprinted 1988). The history of government and administration are considered in W.L. Warren, The Governance of Norman and Angevin England, 1086–1272 (1987); S.B. Chrimes, An Introduction to the Administrative History of Mediaeval England, 3rd ed. (1966); and T.F. Tout, Chapters in the Administrative History of Mediaeval England: The Wardrobe, the Chamber, and the Small Seals, 6 vol. (1920–33, reprinted 1967).