| The Wars of the Roses: Politics and the Constitution in England, C.1437 1509 Contributor(s): Carpenter, Christine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521268001 ISBN-13: 9780521268004 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $139.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Western Europe - General |
| Dewey: 942.04 |
| LCCN: 97007038 |
| Series: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.20 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Wars of the Roses was a period of major crisis in English politics and in the lives of the English landowning classes. This book attempts to explain why the Wars occurred, and with what results, by placing them in the context of the ruling classes' expectations of kingship and governance at that time. The book draws on a large amount of detailed work written over the past twenty-five years on local and national politics, to present a coherent synthesis of what can seem a baffling and incoherent period. |