The Wars of the Roses and Henry VII: Britain 1450-1509

Chapter 1 Fifteenth-Century England 1 England in the Fifteenth Century 2 Historians, Historiography and the Origins of the Wars of the Roses 3 Conflict and Confrontation: The Battles in Context, 1455-87 Chapter 2 Henry VI and the Start of the Wars of the Roses 1 Henry VI: Personality, Debt and War 2 'Under mighty monarch', 'over mighty subjects': Henry VI and the Nobility 3 The Yorkist Challenge and Lancastrian Response, 1450-55 4 Triumph and Overthrow: The Deposition of Henry VI and Coronation of Edward IV Study guide Chapter 3 The First Reign of Edward IV, 1461-70 1 Edward IV: Consolidation of Yorkist Power and the Restoration of Order 2 Edward IV and the Nobility 3 The King and 'the Kingmaker': Edward IV and Richard, Earl of Warwick 4 Warwick's Rebellion and the Readeption of Henry VI, 1469-71 Study guide Chapter 4 The Second Reign of Edward IV, 1471-83 1 Edward IV Restored: Establishing the Yorkist Dynasty, 1471-83 2 The Politics of Rivalry: Clarence and Gloucester 3 Government and Administration 4 Parliament and Finance Study guide Chapter 5 Richard III and the End of the Wars of the Roses, 1483-85 1 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the overthrow of Edward V 2 'Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown': Challenges to Richard's Rule 3 Politics and Government in the Reign of Richard III 4 Bosworth Field and the Overthrow of Richard III Study guide Chapter 6 Henry VII: Establishing the Dynasty 1 Henry Tudor's Claim to the Throne 2 The Aims and Character of the New King 3 Securing the Throne: Pretenders, Protests and Threats 4 Taming the Nobility and Befriending the Church Study guide Chapter 7 Henry VII: Governing the Kingdom 1 Government, Law and the Maintenance of Order 2 Seeking Solvency: Henry's Financial Policy 3 Diplomacy and Alliance: Henry's Foreign Policy 4 The Dynasty Secured Study guide