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Autore: | Hicks M. A (Michael A.) |
Titolo: | Warwick, the Kingmaker [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Hicks |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
Disciplina: | 942.044092 |
942.044092B | |
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 | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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.: | 9910144253703321 |
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