War of the Roses Essays

Created by: EllePalmer23
Created on: 14-05-17 16:28

Edward's first rule

Relations with the nobility, the Lancastrian problem, law and order, royal finances, marriage and an heir, foreign policy

1 of 9

Edward loses the throne 1470

Edward IV's mistakes, Warwick, Margaret of Anjou, discontent and rebellion in England, Duke of Clarence

2 of 9

Edward's 2nd rule

Domestic policy (Wales, Ireland, north, personal style of government, law and order, royal finances), foreign policy (Treaty of Picquigny 1475, Scotland after 1475, Burgundy after 1475, anti-French policy)

3 of 9

Richard III - how?

Divisions at court, early death of Edward IV, power, swiftness, ruthlessness, help from others, weakness of Edward V

4 of 9

Richard III - intentions

Fear of attack by Woodvilles, fear of losing northern lands, belief England needed him, ambition for power as king (immediately after EIV's death), belief he was rightful heir, ambition for power as king (late May/early June)

5 of 9

Richard III - rule

Buckingham's Rebellion, planting of northerners in the south, council of the north, style of ruling, using men of ability, financial policy, foreign policy

6 of 9

Richard's loss of the throne/Bosworth, Henry VII

Rivalries with northern lands, character, dependence on a narrow group of supporters, planting of northerners in south, French support for Henry of Richmond, Bosworth, disappearance of the princes, Buckingham's rebellion

7 of 9

Henry and security

Securing in the early years, the Lovell conspiracy, Yorkshire Rebellion, Cornish Rebellion, Simnel, Warbeck, Edmund de la Pole (Earl of Suffolk)

8 of 9

Henry VII domestic policy

Henry and the nobility, royal finances

9 of 9

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Edward IV's mistakes, Warwick, Margaret of Anjou, discontent and rebellion in England, Duke of Clarence

Back

Edward loses the throne 1470

Card 3

Front

Back

Card 4

Front

Divisions at court, early death of Edward IV, power, swiftness, ruthlessness, help from others, weakness of Edward V

Back

Card 5

Front

Back

View more cards

Get Revising

War of the Roses Essays