The Fifteenth Century 1399-1485

by Jacob, Ernest F.

• ISBN13: 9780192852861
• ISBN10: 0192852868
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The sixth volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of England, this is an authoritative account of a violent and turbulent period which saw the fall and rise of four royal houses.E. F. Jacob examines the impact of the Hundred Years' War and inadequate financial and administrative machinery on the failure of the Lancastrians, and shows that the War of the Roses were less a unique struggle between defined parties than a typical effort by a noble house to maintain and improveits position by the exercise of patronage and influence in a society that was rapidly undergoing change. He also provides detailed portraits of key figures of the age, and chapters on economic growth, Anglo-French relations, the Church, and the peaceful arts.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Lancaster	p. 1
The Usurpation	p. 1
Henry Iv: Rebellion	p. 30
Henry Iv: Poverty and Consolidation	p. 67
Chapter III	p. 118
Henry V: 1413-1417	p. 121
Henry V: 1417-1422	p. 161
The Minority of Henry VI to the Congress of Arras (1435)	p. 211
The Church	p. 264
Society and Government	p. 264
III	p. 305
Government	p. 406
Richard of York	p. 464
York	p. 464
Edward IV (1)	p. 528
Edward IV (2)	p. 571
Richard III	p. 607
The Peaceful Arts	p. 646
Bibliography	p. 688
Index	p. 723
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