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I: 1437-1485: THE BREAKDOWN OF
GOVERNMENT
Q: 'The Wars of the Roses were the
result not so much of royal weakness as of "bastard feudalism"'.
Discuss.
Suggested Reading
- J.G. Bellamy, Bastard
Feudalism and the Law, London, 1989
- M.C. Carpenter, 'The Beauchamp Affinity: A Sudy of Bastard
Feudalism at Work', English
Historical Review, xcv (1980)
- C. Carpenter, The
Wars of the Roses : Politics and the Constitution in England, c.1437-1509,
Cambridge, 1997
- C. Given-Wilson, The
English Nobility in the Late Middle Ages, London, 1987
- M. Hicks, Bastard
Feudalism, Longman, 1995
- M. Hicks, 'Bastard Feudalism, Overmighty Subjects and Idols of
the Multitude during the Wars of the Roses', History,
85 (2000)
- R. Horrox, 'Service', in eadem (ed.), Fifteenth-Century
Attitudes: Perceptions of Society in Late Medieval England, Cambridge, 1994
- K.B. McFarlane, The
Nobility of Later Medieval England, Oxford, 1973
- K.B. McFarlane, 'Bastard Feudalism', Bulletin
of the Institute of Historical Research, xx (1945), and in K.B. McFarlane,
England
in the Fifteenth Century: Collected Essays, London, 1981
- P.C. Maddern, Violence
and Social Order: East Anglia, 1422-1442, Oxford, 1992
- A.J. Pollard, 'The Richmondshire Gentry during the Wars of the
Roses', in C. Ross, ed., Patronage,
Pedigree and Power in Later Medieval England, Gloucester, 1979
- A.J. Pollard, The
Wars of the Roses, London, 1988
General Introduction:
- CSL Davies, Peace, print and
Protestantism
- F Du Boulay, An age of ambition:
English society in the late middle ages
- MH Keen, England in the later middle
ages
- JR Lander, Government and community:
England 1450-1509
- JAF Thomson, The transformation of
medieval England, 1370-1529
- A.J.Pollard, Late Medieval England, 1399-1509, Harlow 2000.
The Wars:
- JB Gillingham The wars of the
Roses
- 'Discontent and
dethronement: England and Wales 1376-1415' and 'The wars of the roses' in M Falkus and J Gillingham, eds,
Historical Atlas of Great Britain
- RL Storey, The end of the house of
Lancaster
- K B MacFarlane 'The wars of the
roses' in Proceedings of the British Academy 50 (1964)
- Michael Hicks, The War of the Roses:
1455-1485. 2003
Some useful articles:
- TB Pugh 'The magnates, knights and
gentry' in SB Chrimes, ed, Fifteenth-Century England
- KB MacFarlane 'Bastard feudalism' in Bulletin of the Institute
of Historical Research, 20 (1945)
- WH Dunham 'Lord Hastings'
indentured retainers', in Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts &
Sciences, 39 (1955)
- C Carpenter 'The Beauchamp affinity: a study of bastard feudalism at
work' in English Historical Review, 95 (1980)
- RA Griffiths 'Local rivalries and national politics' in Speculum
(1968)
- GL Harriss 'The struggle for
Calais' in English Historical Review 75 (1960)
- RL Storey 'The North of England' in
S.B. Chrimes, ed. Fifteenth Century
England
- RA Griffiths, 'The sense of dynasty
in the reign of Henry VI' in CD Ross, ed, Patronage, pedigree and power
- SB Chrimes, ed, Fifteenth Century
England
The character of the king
- R.A.Griffiths, The Reign
of King Henry VI: The exercise of royal authority 1422-1462,
Stroud 1998
- BP Wolffe, Henry VI (cf also his
article in Chrimes ed. - 31 above)
- CD Ross, Edward IV (cf also his
article in Chrimes ed. - 31 above)
- CD Ross, Richard III
- SB Chrimes, Henry VII (cf also his
article in Chrimes ed. - 31 above)
- R Lockyer, Henry VII (Seminar
Studies)
Also:
- PA Johnson, Duke Richard of York
1411-1460
- John G Bellamy Bastard feudalism
and the law
- RA Griffiths, 'The king's court
during the wars of the Roses' in RG Asch and AM Burke ed., Princes, patronage and
the nobility
- SB Chrimes, Lancastrians, Yorkists
and Henry VII
- D Cook, Lancastrians and Yorkists
(brief introduction)
- AJ Pollard, ed, The Wars of the
Roses
- C Carpenter, Locality and polity: a
study of Warwickshire landed society, 1401-1499
- A Goodman, The Wars of the Roses
- MK Jones and MG Underwood, The
King's mother: Lady Margaret Beaufort
- JMW Bean, From lord to patron:
lordship in late medieval England
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