Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII
Author: Stanley Bertram Chrimes
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 220
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Author: Stanley Bertram Chrimes
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 220
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Grummitt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-01-20
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0857723294
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Wars of the Roses (c. 1455-1487) are renowned as an infamously savage and tangled slice of English history. A bloody thirty-year struggle between the dynastic houses of Lancaster and York, they embraced localised vendetta (such as the bitter northern feud between the Percies and Nevilles) as well as the formal clash of royalist and rebel armies at St Albans, Ludford Bridge, Mortimer's Cross, Towton, Tewkesbury and finally Bosworth, when the usurping Yorkist king, Richard III, was crushed by Henry Tudor. Powerful personalities dominate the period: the charismatic and enigmatic Richard III, immortalized by Shakespeare; the slippery Warwick, the Kingmaker', who finally over-reached ambition to be cut down at the Battle of Barnet; and guileful women like Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret of Anjou, who for a time ruled the kingdom in her husband's stead. David Grummitt places the violent events of this complex time in the wider context of fifteenth-century kingship and the development of English political culture.Never losing sight of the traumatic impact of war on the lives of those who either fought in or were touched by battle, this captivating new history will make compelling reading for students of the late medieval period and Tudor England, as well as for general readers.
Author: Colin Pendrill
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780435327422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text offers coverage of the AS/A-Level course and includes sample exam questions and advice on what makes a good answer. It also features help for students on how to interpret the material and plan essays.
Author: Desmond Seward
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014-04-15
Total Pages: 503
ISBN-13: 1605985902
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most dramatic periods of British history, the Wars of the Roses didn't end at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Despite the death of Richard III and Henry VII's victory, it continued underground into the following century with plots, pretenders and subterfuge by the ousted white rose faction. In a brand new interpretation of this turning point in history, well known historian Desmond Seward reviews the story of the Tudors' seizure of the throne and shows that for many years they were far from secure. He challenges the way we look at the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII, explaining why there were so many Yorkist pretenders and conspiracies, and why the new dynasty had such difficulty establishing itself. King Richard's nephews, the Earl of Warwick and the little known de la Pole brothers, all had support of enemies overseas, while England was split when the lowly Perkin Warbeck skilfully impersonated one of the princes in the tower in order to claim the right to the throne. Warwick's surviving sister Margaret also became the focus of hopes that the White Rose would be reborn. The book also offers a new perspective on why Henry VIII, constantly threatened by treachery, real or imagined, and desperate to secure his power with a male heir, became a tyrant.
Author: Thomas Penn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-03-12
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 1439191573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books Ltd., 2011.
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Publisher: London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green
Published: 1864
Total Pages: 486
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ian Dawson
Publisher: VCTA
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9780333485248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPart of a series of evidence-based history books, covering central themes in the curriculum for the 11-16 age group, this book covers the Wars of the Roses.
Author: Terry Breverton
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2016-05-15
Total Pages: 683
ISBN-13: 1445646064
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe life of the king of England who defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth and founded the glittering Tudor royal dynasty.
Author: Christine Carpenter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-11-13
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780521318747
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a new interpretation of English politics during the extended period beginning with the majority of Henry VI in c. 1437 up to the accession of Henry VII in 1509. The later fifteenth century in England is a somewhat baffling and apparently incoherent period which historians and history students have found consistently difficult to handle. The large-scale 'revisionism' inspired by the classic work of K. B. McFarlane led to the first real work on politics, both national and local, but has left the period in a disjointed state: much material has been unearthed, but without any real sense of direction or coherence. This book places the events of the century within a clearly delineated framework of constitutional structures, practices and expectations, in an attempt to show the meaning of the apparently frenetic and purposeless political events which occurred within that framework - and which sometimes breached it. At the same time it takes cognisance of all the work that has been done on the period, including recent and innovative work on Henry VI.
Author: Nathen Amin
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2021-04-15
Total Pages: 554
ISBN-13: 1445675099
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew in paperback - Explore a fascinating look at the three pretenders to the Tudor throne - Simnel, Warbeck, and Warwick.