| Warwick the Kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame During the War of the Roses Contributor(s): Pollard, Anthony James (Author) |
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ISBN: 184725182X ISBN-13: 9781847251824 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $76.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2008 Annotation: Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, more commonly known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was a fifteenth-century celebrity; a military hero, self-publicist and populist. As the largest landowner in England, for twelve years he was the arbiter of English politics, not hesitating to set up and put down kings, most famously Edward IV. 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 centralizing tendencies of the crown. A.J. Pollard offers a fresh assessment, to which neither approach is entirely appropriate, of the man whose nickname has become synonymous with power brokering. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Political - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.78" W x 9.49" (1.32 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 15th Century |
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| Publisher 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. A. J. Pollard offers a fresh assessment, to which neither approach is entirely appropriate, of the man whose nickname has become synonymous with power broking. |