Lancastrians to Tudors
England 1450–1509

An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history.

Andrew Pickering (Author)

9780521557467, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 29 June 2000

188 pages
24.6 x 19.1 x 1.2 cm, 0.422 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]