Richard III 0300079796, 9780300079791

Richard III ruled England for a mere twenty-six months, yet few English monarchs remain as compulsively fascinating, and

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English Pages 268 [334] Year 2011

Table of contents :
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
FOREWORD TO THE YALE EDITION
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
INDRODUCTION THE HISTORICAL REPUTATION OF RICHARD III: FACT AND FICTION
PART ONE THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
1 FORTUNES OF A YOUNGER SON, 1452–1471
2 GLOUCESTER, CLARENCE AND THE COURT, 1471–1483
3 THE HEIR OF NEVILL: RICHARD DUKE OF CLOUCESTER AND THE NORTH OF ENGLAND
PART TWO THE USURPATION AND ITS AFTERMATH
4 THE ROAD TO THE THRONE: THE EV ENTS OF APRIL TO JUNE 1483
5 THE FATE OF EDWARD IV's SONS
6 THE REBELLION OF 1483 AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
PART THREE THE REIGN
7 THE KING IN PERSON
8 THE SEARCH FOR SUPPORT
1 The People
2 The Magnates, Knights and Gentry
9 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REALM
10 FOREIGN POLICY AND THE DEFENCE OF THE REALM
11 AUGUST 1485
CONCLUSION
APPENDICES GENEALOGIES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
Appendix I ON THE BONES OF 1674
Appendix II THE BALLAD OF BOSWORTH FIELD
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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Also in the Yale English Monarchs Series

ATHELSTAN by Sarah Foot EDWARD THE CONFESSOR by Frank Barlow WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR by David Douglas* WILLIAM RUFUS by Frank Barlow HENRY I by Warren Hollister KING STEPHEN by Edmund King HENRY II by W. L. Warren* RICHARD I by John Gillingham KING JOHN by W. L. Warren* EDWARD I by Michael Prestwich EDWARD II by Seymour Phillips RICHARD II by Nigel Saul HENRY V by Christopher Allmand HENRY VI by Bertram Wolffe EDWARD IV by Charles Ross RICHARD III by Charles Ross HENRY VII by S. B. Chrimes HENRY VIII by J. J. Scarisbrick EDWARD VI by Jennifer Loach MARY I by John Edwards JAMES II by John Miller QUEEN ANNE by Edward Gregg GEORGE I by Ragnhild Hatton GEORGE II by Andrew C. Thompson GEORGE III by Jeremy Black GEORGE IV by E. A. Smith

* Available in the U.S. from University of California Press

Reprinted in 2005, 2011.

Printed in Great Britain by Good News Digital Books, Ongar

ISBN 978-0-300-07979-1 (pbk)