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Klappentext The Wars of the Roses was a period of major crisis in English politics and in the lives of land-owning classes. Drawing on a large amount of detailed material written over the past 25 years on local and national politics, this book attempts to explain why the Wars occurred and with what results, by placing them in the context of the expectations and beliefs of the ruling classes regarding kingship and governance at the time. Zusammenfassung The Wars of the Roses were a period of major crisis in English politics and in the lives of the English landowning classes. This book attempts to explain why the Wars happened! and with what results! by placing them in the context of the ruling classes' expectations of kingship and governance at this time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Sources and historiography; 2. The governance of England in the fifteenth century (i); 3. The governance of England in the fifteenth century (ii); 4. The Lancastrian kings to c. 1437; 5. Henry VI's adult rule: the first phase c. 1437-50; 6. The road to war: 1450-55; 7. The end of Lancastrian rule: 1455-61; 8. Edward IV's first reign: 1461-71; 9. The triumph of York: 1471-83; 10. Richard III and the end of Yorkist rule: 1483-5; 11. Henry VII and the end of the wars: 1485-1509; 12. Conclusions; Bibliographical notes.
