The Wars of the Roses covers the period that begins with the accession of Henry IV, the first Lancastrian king, in 1399, and ends with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. While the principle of hereditary monarchy had been established in the Middle Ages, Henry's claim to the crown was to bedevil the rule of England for nearly 100 years. Anthony Cheetham not only brings to life the politics of succession and the ensuing war, he also creates a strong sense of the strengths, weaknesses and convictions of the monarchs: from the guilt-ridden Henry IV, whose reign was beset by enormous troubles, yet who nonetheless passed his kingdom intact to Edward IV, to Richard III, most argued-over of English kings and the last to die in battle. Their striking biographies are interwoven with the significant political and religious events of the period to create a succinct, thorough and entertaining volume.
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A.J. Pollard is Professor of History, University of Teesside.
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In the grand sweep, or 'meta-narrative' as some would call it, of the Whig Interpretation of History dominant in the nineteenth century, the genius of the English was thought to lie in their skill in steering the middle course between the extremes of anarchy and tyranny which so bedevilled the histories of their inferior neighbours in continental Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aristocratic feuds, bastard feudalism, good lordship, falling rents, cloth exports, private feuds, royal demesne, quarter fifteenth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Richard of York, Margaret of Anjou, Richard of Gloucester, Henry Tudor, George Neville, Polydore Vergil, Sir Robert, Elizabeth Woodville, East Anglia, English Chronicle, John Blacman, King Henry, Sir John Fortescue, Edmund Beaufort, Queen Margaret, Richard Neville, Earl Rivers, King's College Chapel, Lord Cromwell, Public Record Office, Westminster Abbey, William Worcestre, British Isles, Duke Charles, Duke Francis New!
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In the grand sweep, or 'meta-narrative' as some would call it, of the Whig Interpretation of History dominant in the nineteenth century, the genius of the English was thought to lie in their skill in steering the middle course between the extremes of anarchy and tyranny which so bedevilled the histories of their inferior neighbours in continental Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aristocratic feuds, bastard feudalism, good lordship, falling rents, cloth exports, private feuds, royal demesne, quarter fifteenth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Richard of York, Margaret of Anjou, Richard of Gloucester, Henry Tudor, George Neville, Polydore Vergil, Sir Robert, Elizabeth Woodville, East Anglia, English Chronicle, John Blacman, King Henry, Sir John Fortescue, Edmund Beaufort, Queen Margaret, Richard Neville, Earl Rivers, King's College Chapel, Lord Cromwell, Public Record Office, Westminster Abbey, William Worcestre, British Isles, Duke Charles, Duke Francis New!
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- The Middle Ages by Morris Bishop on page 200, and Back Matter
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- The Wars of the Roses: Politics and the Constitution in England, c.1437-1509 (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks) by Christine Carpenter on 7 pages
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- A Gentry Community: Leicestershire in the Fifteenth Century, c.1422-c.1485 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series) by Eric Acheson on 6 pages
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