Sir John Tiptoft-'Butcher of England': Earl of Worcester, Edward IV's enforcer and humanist scholar

by Peter (Author), Spring (Author), Peter (Author), PetEr (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2018

  $6.70

  This biography, the first since the 1930s, argues that Worcester was a key figure under Henry VI, and the most important man, after the King, in the first half of Edward IV�s reign. Also, his life provided a way forward for an outmoded aristocracy as educated courtiers not feudal warriors.