Michael Hicks

Edward IV

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Produktbeschreibung

Edward IV was the first Yorkist king. He ruled (with only a brief hiatus) for 22 years, ended the Wars of the Roses triumphantly in 1471, and died in his bed not invariably the place of death for a medieval monarch. The best general of his day, he destroyed the House of Lancaster. At a very difficult time, he redeemed royal prestige at home and abroad, restored order and public finances, and crushed all his opponents, including his brother Clarence. His son Edward V, still a minor, succeeded him peacefully. Yet within months Edward was deposed in favour of Richard III, his uncle. The Wars of the Roses resumed, Edward IV's sons met violent deaths, and so at Bosworth Field did the usurping Richard III. Assessment of Edward IV is inextricably bound up not only in the record of his reign, itself much disputed, but also with what turned out to be his baleful legacy. This book explores how his reputation has changed and analyses the major issues in light of contemporary and later perceptions of this controversial king

Produktdetails

• Reputations
• Verlag: Hodder Education
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 2066
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9780340760062
• ISBN-10: 0340760060
• Artikelnr.: 13949441

Autorenporträt

Michael Hicks is Head of History at the University of Winchester, UK. He holds three history degrees at English universities and has written extensively on the Wars of the Roses, mainly through biographies of important protagonists such as Warwick the Kingmaker, False Fleeting Perjur'd Clarence and Richard III who shaped successive stages of the conflict. He is a regular contributor to history journals and to 'The Ricardian'.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Placing Edward IV in English history
2 The shaping of Edward IV
3 Alternative images of Edward IV
4 The degeneration of Edward IV
5 The rehabilitation of Edward IV
6 Edwardâ s first reign
7 The Kingâ s wars
8 The â new monarchyâ : government and finance
9 The Kingâ s peace
10 Edward IV and the nobility
11 Territorial re-ordering
12 The collapse of the regime
13 Conclusion

Rezensionen

'All students, from beginners to hardened campaigners in modern Wars of the Roses debates, will find perceptive, thought-provoking insights that enrich their own understanding of the king and his reign.' Speculum, Michael Jones, University of Nottingham, UK