Warwick, the Kingmaker

This book illuminates Warwick's character and motivation, showing that he was an emotional, charming, and popular man with a strong sense of family loyalty. It is the first full study of this compelling figure within the context of political life in late medieval England. This is the first full study of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, a powerful and compelling figure within the context of political life of late medieval England.It sheds new light on Warwick's character and motivation, showing him as an emotional, charming and popular man, with a strong sense of family loyalty.Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, remains one of the most controversial personalities of fifteenth-century England. The archetypal over-mighty subject, he was the dominant figure in the dynastic revolutions at the heart of the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses. Warwick played a pivotal role first in advancing the Yorkist cause, leading Edward IV to replace the Lancastrian Henry VI in 1461. Then, having lost influence at court, he changed sides and was responsible for seeing the process reversed in 1470. Warwick's death at the Battle of Barnet in 1471 marked the destruction of the Lancastrian cause that he had come to represent. Warwick 'the Kingmaker' was a man of remarkable qualities and achievements. Of royal descent, enormous estates, and exceptional acquisitiveness, he was allowed unprecedented freedom in shaping his career through the troubled circumstances of his time. Born in 1428 as heir to a second rank northern nobleman, and apparently destined for a career of border warfare, Warwick came to dominate national politics, to visit Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and to involve himself in the affairs of every English region and in all aspects of political life. He shone in such varied roles as general, admiral, pirate, subaltern, administrator, politician, propagandist, statesman, and diplomat.

Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, remains one of the most controversial personalities of fifteenth-century England. The archetypal over-mighty subject, he was the dominant figure in the dynastic revolutions at the heart of the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses. Warwick played a pivotal role first in advancing the Yorkist cause, leading Edward IV to replace the Lancastrian Henry VI in 1461. Then, having lost influence at court, he changed sides and was reversed the process in 1470. Warwick the Kingmaker dominated national politics in his various roles as general, admiral, pirate, subaltern, administrator, politician, propagandist, statesman, and diplomat.

This book illuminates Warwick's character and motivation, showing that he was an emotional, charming, and popular man with a strong sense of family loyalty. It is the first full study of this compelling figure within the context of political life in late medieval England.

Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, is one of the controversial personalities of 15th century England. This book illuminates Warwick's character and motivation, showing that he was an emotional, charming, and popular man with a strong sense of family loyalty. It deals with this figure within the context of political life in late medieval England. * Now in paperback, a history of one of the most controversial personalities of fifteenth--century England, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. * The first full study of this powerful and compelling figure within the context of political life of late medieval England. fmatter......Page 1 ch1......Page 15 ch2......Page 21 ch3......Page 45 ch4......Page 78 ch5......Page 108 ch6......Page 140 ch7......Page 182 ch8......Page 234 ch9......Page 269 ch10......Page 293 ch11......Page 325 biblio......Page 328 index......Page 340 Warwick the Kingmaker dominated the first half of the Wars of the Roses (1455-71).