Henry VI / Bertram Wolffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolffe, Bertram Percy.

Series:

Yale English monarchs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471.

Henry.

Great Britain--History--Henry VI, 1422-1461.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Kings and rulers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 400 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Henry 6th

Henry the sixth

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2001]

Summary:

In this widely acclaimed biography, Bertram Wolffe challenges the traditional view of Henry VI as an unworldly, innocent, and saintly monarch and offers instead a finely drawn but critical portrait of an ineffectual ruler. Drawing on widespread contemporary evidence, Wolffe describes the failures of Henry's long reign from 1422 to 1471, which included the collapse of justice, the loss of the French territories, and the final disintegration of his government. He argues that the posthumous cult of Henry was promoted by Henry VII as a way of excusing his uncle's political failures while enhancing the image of the dynasty. This edition includes a new foreword by John Watts that discusses the book and its place in the evolving literature.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Eyre Metheun, 1981. With new foreword.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-384) and index.

ISBN:

0300089260

OCLC:

48032728