Warwick the Kingmaker Politics, Power and Fame during the War of the Roses [Hardcover]

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.

PrefaceList of illustrationsAbbreviationsIntroduction Part One: PoliticsChapter 1: Premier Earl, 1428-55Chapter 2: York's Lieutenant, 1455-60 Chapter 3: England's Caesar, 1460-65Chapter 4: The Third King, 1465-71Part Two: Power
Chapter 5: Estates and FinancesChapter 6: Lordship and Loyalty: East Anglia and the West MidlandsChapter 7: Lordship and Loyalty: the northChapter 8: Calais and the Keeping of the SeasPart Three: FameChapter 9: The Idol of the MultitudeChapter 10: The Flower of Chivalry ConclusionAppendicesBibliography