magnates to retain what were‚ in effect‚ ’private armies’ and‚ at this could be very detrimental to public order. Thus‚ kings grew increasingly concerned to control the practice. The major statute of the fifteenth century which tried to limit it was Edward IV’s statute of 1468. This outlawed some forms of retaining‚ but implicitly allowed others by stating (vaguely) that no unlawful retaining was allowed. In practice‚ retaining continued after Bosworth. Henry VII’s Attempts to Control Retaining In
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How far was the success of Henry Tudor in replacing Richard III as king due to the events on the battlefield at Bosworth Clearly the death of Richard at the battle of Bosworth in 1485 was the final contributing factor to his demise‚ but it had certainly been brought about by Henry Tudor’s efforts and was undoubtedly not an event of simply sheer fortune for Tudor. It is the act of Richard breaking rank in a seemingly desperate final drive for victory that many site as the reason for the succession
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First‚ he had two brothers‚ Edward and Clarence‚ who were both older than him. Then‚ each of those men had children of their own. Machiavelli would agree that Richard is going to have to do a lot in order to have a legitimate claim to the throne. Shakespeare agree’s with Machiavelli
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Richard III is a play made for the stage. The language Shakespeare uses for Richard’s conversations has a purpose‚ and he constantly keeps revealing how; his confessions in his soliloquies coupled with the rhetoric‚ make the play come to life. Shakespeare wrote this play in 1592 when the monarch of England was Queen Elizabeth I‚ a descendent of Henry VII‚ who took the throne from Richard III. In the play William the conqueror was shown as the one to bring freedom and prosperity to England. This makes
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In his play Richard III‚ William Shakespeare chronologizes the bloody rise to Kinghood of the deformed English war general Richard III up to his demise‚ including moments of interaction between Richard and a number of women whom he lusts over. Two such interactions‚ between Richard and Lady Anne and later Richard and Queen Elizabeth concerning the Queen’s young daughter Elizabeth‚ highlight exactly how Richard is able to twist a truly broken situation to his advantage. After complaining about his
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benefits for his kingship. He was not blind to the threats closer to home‚ and secured his kingship with a union with Scotland‚ where he married his daughter‚ Princess Margaret to James IV of Scotland‚ along with signing the Treaty of Ayton. This was largely prompted by the negative events preceding it‚ namely as James IV attempting to back Perkin Warbeck’s rebellion. The fact that Scotland so readily abandoned Warbeck after being defeated by Henry and then quickly agreeing to recognise Henry as king
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How Far was the ambition of Richard of York the key cause to the civil strife (unrest) in England between 1450 and 1461? It can be argued that the civil strife in England during the years 1450-1461 was the consequence of Richard of York’s ambition to be king of England. Although this is an important cause to the civil strife’s occurrence it is however not the most significant or key cause to the civil strife as the personality‚ actions and incomptenance of Henry VI as king of England is the major
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friends. No sleep close up that deadly eye of thine‚ Unless it be while some tormenting dream Affrights thee with a hell of ugly devils. Most of Margaret’s curses are fulfilled during the play. Richard struggles with his heavy conscience. In Act IV scene I Lady An ne ‚ his wife is distressed to learn that she is to be crowned his queen‚ and speaks of her unhappiness and his guilty conscience: For never yet one hour in his bed Have I enjoy’d the golden dew of sleep‚ But have been waked by
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Whilst the Battle of Bosworth was the point at which Henry VII claimed the throne it was not the time that he secured it. Some historians believe that Henry’s period of consolidation of power lasted for nearly two years (when Prince Arthur was born) and that until 1487 the wars of the roses was still bubbling away underneath what seemed like English stability. The battle left Henry with a number of immediate issues for him to deal with. He needed to deal with his new court and convert Yorkist’s to
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Determined to Undermine During the 16th century Ireland was to be impacted deeply by the sudden change of nobility to Henry the VII’s rule of the people. When looking at why this was important in Irish history you have to understand the historical context of the situation at the time when the Tudors stepped in on Irish rule. Ireland was to be looked at as a submissive power quickly because of the seemingly small fight they had put up to the rules that were attempting to change their country. These
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