A Companion to Tudor BritainRobert Tittler, Norman L. Jones A Companion to Tudor Britain provides an authoritative overview of historical debates about this period, focusing on the whole British Isles.
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... king of England. Henry Tudor was an unlikely king.1 He had been an exile in Brittany and later France since Iune 1471 ... king's death the throne, which had passed to his nine-year-old son Edward V, was usurped by Edward IV's brother ...
... king of England. Henry Tudor was an unlikely king.1 He had been an exile in Brittany and later France since Iune 1471 ... king's death the throne, which had passed to his nine-year-old son Edward V, was usurped by Edward IV's brother ...
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... king ofEngland by the exiles. Nevertheless, Henry's position was far from assured and his accession to the English throne as distant as ever. The new French king, Charles VIII, played an ambiguous game: while he encouraged Henry to use ...
... king ofEngland by the exiles. Nevertheless, Henry's position was far from assured and his accession to the English throne as distant as ever. The new French king, Charles VIII, played an ambiguous game: while he encouraged Henry to use ...
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... kings. Henry, then, was transformed from the dynamic founder of the 'new monarchy' into a lacklustre medieval king. The standard biography of the reign, S. B. Chrimes's Henry V11, first written in 1972 but reissued as recently as 1999 ...
... kings. Henry, then, was transformed from the dynamic founder of the 'new monarchy' into a lacklustre medieval king. The standard biography of the reign, S. B. Chrimes's Henry V11, first written in 1972 but reissued as recently as 1999 ...
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... kings from Richard the Lionheart to Edward 111; and, finally, the dun cow, a banner which highlighted Henry's ... king addressed the Commons and proclaimed his right to the throne, not only by divine right as revealed by his victory at ...
... kings from Richard the Lionheart to Edward 111; and, finally, the dun cow, a banner which highlighted Henry's ... king addressed the Commons and proclaimed his right to the throne, not only by divine right as revealed by his victory at ...
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... king's approbation or even at the king's command. For example, on Henry's accession Lord Stanley, instrumental in the victory at Bosworth and related to the new king by marriage, was made earl of Derby and he and his family rewarded ...
... king's approbation or even at the king's command. For example, on Henry's accession Lord Stanley, instrumental in the victory at Bosworth and related to the new king by marriage, was made earl of Derby and he and his family rewarded ...
Contents
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Part II Belief | 201 |
Part III People and Groups | 307 |
Part IV Culture | 401 |
Bibliography | 526 |
Index | 563 |
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