This insightful survey examines the aims, successes, and failures ofEnglish diplomacy from the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors. G. P. Cuttino focuses onthree paramount factors which he believes determined the course of English medievaldiplomacy during this often confusing period: The Norman Conquest, the marriage ofEleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II, and the English claim to the throne of France. Byexamining these critical and central themes and the major landmark documents thatthey produced, Cuttino concisely defines the main features of English medievaldiplomacy for students and scholars alike.