'Burns is able to offer some valuable, if scattered, insights into fifteenth century theories'
Cary J. Nederman, The Review of Politics, University of Notre Dame, Winter 1994
1. A Crisis of Monarchy?; 2. Lordship: The Problem of Dominium; 3. Lordship and Kingship: France and England; 4. The Shaping of Absolutism: Spain; 5. Monarchy: Papacy and Empire; 6. The Conciliarist Tradition and Beyond; 7. The Triumph of Monarchy?; Bibliography; Index.