| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 400 pages, 12 unnumbered pages leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Yale English monarchs |
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Yale English monarchs.
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| Contents |
The myth of the royal saint -- An infant king -- Coronations -- Royal adolescence -- The attainment of power -- The royal entourage -- Patronage, faction and injustice in England, 1437-1450 -- The founder of Eton and King's -- War and peace : the problems of Normandy and Gascony, 1437-1443 -- Marriage and truce, 1443-1445 -- Surrender and defeat, 1445-1450 -- Parliamentary opposition and popular risings, 1449-1450 -- The frustration of Richard Duke of York, 1450-1453 -- Madness, 1453-1455 -- The first battle of St Albans and its consequences -- The loss of the throne -- The last ten years -- Apotheosis -- Appendix : itinerary of Henry VI, 1436-1461 |
| Summary |
"Bertram Wolffe challenges the traditional view of Henry VI as an unworldly, innocent and saintly monarch and offers instead a finely-drawn but critical portrait of an ineffectual ruler. Drawing on widespread contemporary evidence, Wolffe describes the failures of Henry's long reign from 1422 to 1471, which included the collapse of justice, the loss of the French territories and the final disintegration of his government. He argues that the posthumous cult of Henry was promoted by Henry VII as a way of excusing his uncle's political failures while enhancing the image of the dynasty."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Originally published: London : Eyre Metheun, 1981. With new foreword |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-384) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471.
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| SUBJECT |
Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471 fast |
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Henry VI (King of England) ram |
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Henri VI (roi d'Angleterre; 1421-1471) ram |
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Heinrich (England, König, VI.) swd |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Kings and rulers
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Great Britain -- History -- Henry VI, 1422-1461.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056768
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056863
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Great Britain
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Rois et souverains -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies.
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300183993 |
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0300183992 |
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