The Growth of Royal Government Under Henry III - Paperbackby David Crook (Editor), Louise J. Wilkinson (Editor), Adrian L. Jobson (Contribution by) A survey of the complexity and sophistication of English royal government in the thirteenth century, a period of radical change. The years between 1258 and 1276 comprise one of the most influential periods in the Middle Ages in Britain. This turbulent decade witnessed a bitter power struggle between Henry III and his barons over who should control the government