Product Description: Warwick the Kingmaker was a fifteenth-century celebrity; a military hero, self-publicist and populist. For twelve years he was the arbiter of English politics, not hesitating to set up and put down kings. In the dominant strand of recent English historical writing, Warwick is condemned as a man who hindered the development of the modern state; in earlier centuries he was admired as an exemplar of true nobility who defied the centralising tendencies of the crown...read more

Product Description: John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury was the last of the celebrated English commanders of the Hundred Years' War. In his lifetime his reputation for audacity and courage gave him an unrivalled fame among the English, and he was feared and admired by the French...read more

Product Description: A.J Pollard takes us back to the earliest surviving stories of Robin Hood, the stories, tales and ballads of the fifteenth century and he re-examines the story of this fascinating figure. Setting out the economic, social and political context of the time, Pollard illuminates the legend of this yeoman hero and champion of justice as never before...read more

Product Description: Was Richard III a victim or villian? This book explores the events surrounding his life to look at the facts behind the folklore. surrounding his life.

Product Description: This second edition incorporates a wide range of new scholarship and interpretations by leading scholars. The nine essays address recent debates about the Wars of the Roses, especially their origins and the balance between self-interest and principle in the motivation of the participants...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: B> The latest book in the Longman History of Medieval England Series,Late Medieval England, 1399-1509 transforms our understanding of the period and offers a significant and vital reappraisal of this critical English age. Drawing together political, economic, social and religious considerations, the clear chronological framework brings the age of the wars of the Roses to life while putting forth the idea that, far from being a century dominated by destructive civil strife, England's late medieval culture was marked by stability and development as a new modern society emerged...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The papers, originally delivered at the ninth colloquium of fifteenth-century historians, explore the major themes of political and constitutional history on which McFarlane wrote. Three contributions - G.L. Harriss, 'The Dimensions of Politics'; Christine Carpenter, 'Political and Constitutional History: Before and After McFarlane'; and A...read more

Product Description: For a brief period in the late fifteenth century, the North was the dominant region in England: it was both the adopted home and the base of power of Richard III. In this study Pollard analyzes the regional politics of this area and the interrelationship between province and center from the beginning of the Neville-Percy feud in the 1450s to the establishment of Tudor authority by 1500...read more