This 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 student...

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Main Author:	Carpenter, Christine (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1997
Series:	Cambridge medieval textbooks
Subjects:	Geschichte 1437-1509 Geschichte Politik Constitutional history, Medieval Rosenkriege Großbritannien Great Britain / Politics and government / 1399-1485 Great Britain / Politics and government / 1485-1509 Great Britain / History / Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485 England
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	This 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.
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages)
ISBN:	9781139163583
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781139163583