An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. The Wars of the Roses and the struggle for the throne between the Houses of York and Lancaster dominate the history of England in the latter half of the fifteenth century. But what were the causes of over forty years of sporadic civil war and how was political stability at last restored? Andrew Pickering aanalyses the historical debates surrounding the characters and events. Topics include fifteenth-century kingship and the reign of Henry VI, the end of the Yorkists, Henry VII and the establishment of the Tudor dynasty, and social and economic change in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

 

This book is part of a book series called Cambridge Perspectives in History .

There are 188 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Cambridge University Press .

This book has the following chapters: 1. Fifteenth century kingship and the reign of Henry VI; 2. The Wars of the Roses and the first reign of Edward IV; 3. The end of the Yorkists, 1471-1485; 4. Henry VII and the establishment of the Tudor dynasty; 5. Henry VII and the government of England; 6. Social and economic change in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries; Document study:Wars of the Roses 1450-1485; Select bibliography; Index.