| The Wars of the Roses: Politics and the Constitution in England, C.1437-1509 Contributor(s): Carpenter, Christine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1139163582 ISBN-13: 9781139163583 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $494.00 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Western Europe - General |
| Dewey: 942.04 |
| Series: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| 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. |