Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 416 pages)
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9780300253047
,
0300253044
Series Statement:
Yale English Monarchs series
Content:
The definitive biography and assessment of the wily and formidable prince who unexpectedly became monarch--the most infamous king in British history
Note:
Preface -- List of illustrations -- List of abbreviations -- Pedigree 1: The royal line of succession -- 1. Myths ancient and modern: the shaping of Richard III -- 2. From infancy to adolescence: formative experiences 1452-68 -- 3. The young adult: the second war 1469-71 -- 4. Adult maturity: the king's servant 1471-5 -- 5. Forging the future 1471-83 -- 6. Lord of the north 1471-83 -- 7. Richard as `good lord' -- 8. Strategic foresight I: Gloucester's wish list 1477-8 -- 9. Career culmination: the Scottish war 1480-3 -- 10. Changing trajectories: the road to the crown 1483 -- 11. Richard III: the consolidation of the regime -- 12. The creation of an opposition: Buckingham's rebellion 1483 -- 13. Counterattack: rebuilding the regime 1483-5 -- 14. Strategic foresight II: so many enterprises -- 15. Setbacks and adversity 1483-5 -- 16. Defeat, disaster, and death: the battle of Bosworth -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300214291
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hicks, Michael Richard III : The Self-Made King New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2019 ISBN 9780300214291
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biography
;
Biografie
URL:
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
