Lancastrians and Yorkists : The Wars of the Roses.
- 1st ed.
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- Seminar Studies .
- Seminar Studies .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES -- Part One: The Background -- 1 FIFTEENTH−CENTURY ENGLAND -- The Lancastrian war in France 1415−1453 -- The nobility -- Livery and maintenance -- Part Two: Analysis: Lancastrians and Yorkists 1437−1485 -- 2 THE REIGN OF HENRY VI 1437−1450 -- 3 CADE'S REBELLION AND THE EMERGENCE OF YORK 1450−1453 -- 4 THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF LANCASTER 1453−1461 -- 5 THE FIRST REIGN OF EDWARD IV 1461−1469 -- 6 REBELLIONS AND THE READEPTION OF HENRY VI 1469−1471 -- 7 THE SECOND REIGN OF EDWARD IV 1471−1483 -- 8 THE REIGN OF EDWARD V APRIL−JUNE 1483 -- 9 THE REIGN OF RICHARD III 1483−1485 -- Part Three: Assessment -- 10 HENRY VI AND THE LANCASTRIAN DYNASTY -- 11 EDWARD IV AND THE EARL OF WARWICK -- 12 MYTH AND REALITY -- War and society -- Richard III -- 13 YORKIST GOVERNMENT -- 14 'THE WARS OF THE ROSES' UP TO STOKE -- Part Four: Documents -- GENEALOGIES -- THE BATTLES IN THE WARS OF THE ROSES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
This concise, lucid study charts the complex sequence of events we know today as the War of the Roses. In the thematic chapters of the third section the author assesses the motives and relationships of the principal actors; the real character and impact of the Wars of the Roses; and the nature of Yorkist government.
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Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485.