Warwick, the Kingmaker / / Michael Hicks

• Autore: Hicks Michael <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, England : , : Blackwell Publishers Ltd, , [1998]; ©1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 p.)
• Disciplina: 942.04/4/092 B
• Soggetto topico: Nobility - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485; Great Britain Kings and rulers Succession; Great Britain Politics and government 1399-1485
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Warwick the Kingmaker; Contents; Plates; Genealogical Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. The Legend of Warwick the Kingmaker; 2 The Formative Years; 2.1 Pedigree and Patrimony; 2.2 Northern Roots; 2.3 Shaping the Future; 3 Earl of Warwick; 3.1 Warwick Inheritance Update; 3.2 Gathering the Spoils; 3.3 Effectively Earl; 3.4 The Warwick Traditions; 4 The Polarization of Politics 1449-54; 4.1 The Ascendancy of the Opposition; 4.2 The Royalist Reaction 1451-3; 4.3 Time for Decision; 5 Partisan Politics 1454-6; 5.1 York's First Protectorate 1454-5; 5.2 The First Battle of St Albans 1455 ; 5.3 York's Second Protectorate 1455-66 Countdown to Civil War 1456-9; 6.1 Towards Reconciliation; 6.2 Captain of Calais and the Keeper of the Seas; 6.3 The Opportunity Missed; 6.4 Rout; 7 Fortune's First Wheel 1459-61; 7.1 Reculer pour mieux sauter; 7.2 Warwick's Triumph; 7.3 The Ideology of Reform; 7.4 From Abyss to Victory; 8 The Rule of the Nevilles 1461-7; 8.1 The First Family; 8.2 The Pacification of the North; 8.3 Changing Priorities; 9 Dropping the Pilot 1467-9; 9.1 Growing Apart; 9.2 Rising Tensions 1467-9; 9.3 Warwick's First Coup 1469; 10 Fortune's Second Wheel 1470-1 ; 10.1 Warwick's Second Coup 147010.2 Warwick as Kingmaker; 10.3 From Triumph to Disaster 1470-1; 11 Terminus; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book illuminates Warwick's character and motivation, showing that he was an emotional, charming, and popular man with a strong sense of family loyalty. It is the first full study of this compelling figure within the context of political life in late medieval England.
• Titolo autorizzato: Warwick, the Kingmaker
• ISBN: 1-281-32246-6; 9786611322465; 0-470-75341-2; 0-470-75193-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996209702803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno