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1 online resource (284 pages) |
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Routledge Historical Biographies |
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Routledge historical biographies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronology; List of abbreviations; List of genealogies and maps; 1 Introduction; 2 The Lancastrian legacy in England; 3 The Lancastrian legacy: war and diplomacy; 4 'Woe betide the land whose king is a child': England and France, 1422-29; 5 Coronations and counsel, 1429-37; 6 Majority rule (I): patronage and piety, 1437-50; 7 Majority rule (II): the collapse of the Dual Monarchy, 1437-50; 8 A regime in crisis: Jack Cade and the Duke of York, 1450-55; 9 Civil war and the end of the House of Lancaster, 1455-61 |
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10 Exile, imprisonment, and the Readeption, 1461-7111 Conclusion: John Blacman and the saintly king; Suggestions for further reading; Index |
| Summary |
In this new assessment of Henry VI, David Grummitt synthesizes a wealth of detailed research into Lancastrian England that has taken place throughout the last three decades to provide a fresh appraisal of the house's last King. The biography places Henry in the context of Lancastrian political culture and considers how his reign was shaped by the times in which he lived. Henry VI is one of the most controversial of England's medieval kings. Coming to the throne in 1422 at the age of only nine months and inheriting the crowns of both England and France, he reigned for 39 years before losing his |
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Print version record |
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Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471.
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Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471 fast |
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Kings and rulers
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056863
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Great Britain -- History -- Henry VI, 1422-1461.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056768
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317482604 |
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1317482603 |
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