RICHARD III MEDIEVAL KINGSHIP (History Today)

by JohnGillingham (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  1993

  $3.92

  No English king arouses stronger passions, for and against, than Richard III - and no king faced more determined opposition. Yet, in the 20th century, no king's posthumous reputation has been more staunchly defended, and his death in battle in 1485 has been widely perceived as marking the end of the Middle Ages. These passions and perceptions confront the historian of Richard III with an unusually complex task, and in this book seven contributors consider seven different aspects of his life and reign: P.W. Hammond on his reputation through the centuries; Michael Hicks on his early life; Colin Richmond on 1483; Anne Sutton on the culture of his court; Rosemary Horrox on government; Alexander Grant on foreign policy; and Michael K. Jones on his career as a soldier. The book is intended for 6th-formers, students and the general reader.

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  Paperback
  1994

  $3.40

  No king aroused, and continues to arouse, stronger passions - for and against - than Richard III. During his reign no king faced more determined opposition, yet in this century no king's posthumous reputation has been more staunchly defended. In interpreting the evidence, some of which was itself the product of the contemporary war of propaganda, is it possible to steer a middle course between the pro- and anti-Richard factions? When assessing Richard III, should we apply medieval or modern standards? In this book seven historians, all specialists on the 15th century but with widely divergent views, consider seven different aspects of the life and reign of Richard III: his reputation, his early life, the events of 1483, his court, his government, his foreign policy, and his military career.