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Format: 1 online resource (432 pages)

ISBN: 9780300183993

Series Statement: English Monarchs

Content: Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Series page -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- FORWORD TO THE YALE EDITION -- PART I THE MYTH OF THE ROYAL SAINT -- 1 THE MYTH OF THE ROYAL SAINT -- PART II THE MINORITY -- 2 AN INFANT KING -- 3 CORONATIONS -- 4 ROYAL ADOLESCENCE -- PART III MAJORITY RULE -- 5 THE ATTAINMENT OF POWER -- 6 THE ROYAL ENTOURAGE -- 7 PATRONAGE, FACTION AND INJUSTICE IN ENGLAND, 1437-1450 -- 8 THE FOUNDER OF ETON AND KING'S -- 9 WAR AND PEACE: THE PROBLEMS OF NORMANDY AND GASCONY, 1437-1443 -- 10 MARRIAGE AND TRUCE, 1443-1445 -- 11 SURRENDER AND DEFEAT, 1445-1450 -- PART IV THE AFTERMATH OF DEFEAT -- 12 PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION AND POPULAR RISINGS, 1449-1450 -- 13 THE FRUSTRATION OF RICHARD DUKE OF YORK, 1450-1453 -- 14 MADNESS, 1453-1455 -- PART V CIVIL WAR -- 15 THE FIRST BATTLE OF ST ALBANS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES -- 16 THE LOSS OF THE THRONE -- 17 THE LAST TEN YEARS -- PART VI APOTHEOSIS -- APOTHEOSIS -- APPENDIX GENEALOGIES SELECT BIBLIOGRPHY INDEX -- Appendix ITINERARY OF HENRY VI, 1436-1461 -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9780300089264

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780300089264

Language: English

Subjects: History

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Format: 1 online resource (429 pages) : , illustrations, maps, genealogical tables.

Edition: New edition.

ISBN: 9780300183993 (e-book)

Series Statement: Yale English monarchs

Note: Originally published: London : Eyre Metheun, 1981. With new foreword.

Additional Edition: Print version: Wolffe, Bertram Percy. Henry VI. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2001] ISBN 9780300089264

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition: New edition.

ISBN: 0-300-18399-2

Series Statement: Yale English monarchs

Content: In this widely acclaimed biography, 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. This edition includes a new foreword by John Watts that discusses the book and its place in the evolving literature.Reviews of the earlier edition:"A brilliant biography that brings us as near as we are ever likely to come to this elusive personality."-Sunday Times (London)"A powerful, compulsively readable portrait."-Observer "Much learning, skillfully deployed as here, evokes pleasure as well as admiration."-R.L. Storey, Times Literary Supplement

Note: Originally published: London : Eyre Metheun, 1981. With new foreword. , Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , ILLUSTRATIONS -- , ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- , ABBREVIATIONS -- , FOREWORD TO THE YALE EDITION -- , 1. The Myth of the Royal Saint -- , 2. An Infant King -- , 3. Coronations -- , 4. Royal Adolescence -- , 5. The Attainment of Power -- , 6. The Royal Entourage -- , 7. Patronage, Faction and Injustice in England, 1437-1450 -- , 8. The Founder of Eton and King's -- , 9. War and Peace: the Problems of Normandy and Gascony, 143 7"1443 -- , 10. Marriage and Truce, 1443-1445 -- , 11. Surrender and Defeat, 1445-1450 -- , 12. Parliamentary Opposition and Popular Risings, 1449-1450 -- , 13. The Frustration of Richard duke of York, 1450-1453 -- , 14. Madness, 1453-1455 -- , 15. The First Battle of St Albans and its Consequences -- , 16. The Loss of the Throne -- , 17. The Last Ten Years -- , APOTHEOSIS -- , Appendix: Itinerary of Henry VI, 1436-1461 -- , SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- , INDEX , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-300-08926-0

Language: English

DOI: 10.12987/9780300183993