Edward IV
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Edward IV

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Edward IV

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In his own time Edward IV was seen as an able and successful king who rescued England from the miseries of civil war and provided the country with firm, judicious, and popular government. The prejudices of later historians diminished this high reputation, until recent research confirmed Edward as a ruler of substantial achievement, whose methods and policies formed the foundation of early Tudor government. This classic study by Charles Ross places the reign firmly in the context of late medieval power politics, analyzing the methods by which a usurper sought to retain his throne and reassert the power of a monarchy seriously weakened by the feeble rule of Henry VI. Edward's relations with the politically active classes?the merchants, gentry, and nobility?form a major theme, and against this background Ross provides an evaluation of the many innovations in government on which the king's achievement rests. This title was originally published in 1974.
In his own time Edward IV was seen as an able and successful king who rescued England from the miseries of civil war and provided the country with firm, judicious, and popular government. The prejudices of later historians diminished this high reputation,

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Information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9780520322561
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. CONTENTS
  5. PREFACE
  6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  7. ABBREVIATIONS
  8. Part I THE ROAD TO THE THRONE
  9. Chapter i THE HEIR OF YORK
  10. Chapter 2 THE YORKIST TRIUMPH, 1460-1461
  11. Part II THE FIRST REIGN, 1461-1471
  12. Chapter 3 THE DEFENCE OF THE THRONE, 1461—1464
  13. Chapter 4 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE YORKIST REGIME
  14. Chapter 5 THE KING’S MARRIAGE AND THE
  15. Chapter 6 THE BURGUNDIAN ALLIANCE AND THE BREACH WITH WARWICK, 1465—1469
  16. Chapter 7 THE YEARS OF CRISIS, 1469-1471
  17. Part III THE SECOND REIGN, 1471-1483
  18. Chapter 8 DOMESTIC PROBLEMS AND POLICIES, 1471-1475
  19. Chapter 9 THE KING’S GREAT ENTERPRISE, 1472-1475
  20. Chapter 10 FAMILY, POLITICS AND FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1475-1480
  21. Chapter 11 COURT LIFE AND PATRONAGE OF THE ARTS
  22. Chapter 12 WAR, DIPLOMACY AND DISILLUSION, 1480-1483
  23. Part IV THE GOVERNANCE OF ENGLAND
  24. Chapter 13 PERSONAL MONARCHY
  25. Chapter 14 COUNCILLORS, COURTIERS AND KING’S SERVANTS
  26. Chapter 15 THE KING AND THE COMMUNITY: NOBLES, COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT, AND MERCHANTS
  27. Chapter 16 THE KING’S FINANCES
  28. Chapter 17 LAW AND ORDER
  29. Conclusion THE END OF THE REIGN: ACHIEVEMENT AND AFTERMATH
  30. APPENDICES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
  31. Appendix I NOTE ON NARRATIVE SOURCES
  32. Appendix II EDWARD IV’s GOVERNOR
  33. Appendix III EDWARD IV’S GRANTS TO WARWICK
  34. Appendix IV THE NORTHERN REBELLIONS OF 1469: A NOTE ON SOURCES AND CHRONOLOGY
  35. Appendix V WARWICK, CLARENCE, AND THE LINCOLNSHIRE REBELLION OF 1470
  36. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  37. INDEX