R.L. Storey
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Thirteenth Century England III: Proceedings of the Newcastle upon Tyne Conference, 1989 (1991) — Medewerker — 4 exemplaren
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It is one of the classic studies of the early stages of the Wars of the Roses, widely cited in more recent books on the subject. And yet, it is a good read. The primary subject is, of course, the period between the conquests of Henry V (died 1422) and the overthrow of Henry VI (1461), and it details just why Henry's government was so incredibly bad. The Shakespearean explanation -- that it was all the after-effects of the overthrow of Richard II -- is of course absurd; Henry V had done just fine. Henry VI was... different. It's not just that he was mentally defective (although, by the end, he was). It's that he was too easily swayed, too malleable, too passive-aggressive. He let problems slide, then proposed some foolish and yet draconian solution. People ceased to trust the government, and so they took it into their own hands.
The result was of course that Henry lost his throne. In the past, when that had happened, there had usually been a logical heir to whom to pass the throne. Not in Henry's case; his son was also the son of the detestable Margaret of Anjou, and besides, by the time Henry was murdered, his son Edward was also dead. So the overthrow of Henry meant the overthrow of Lancaster. This book does a fine job of telling an excruciating story well.… (meer)