5. The Attainment of Power

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS x
5. ABBREVIATIONS xi
6. FOREWORD TO THE YALE EDITION xiii
7. PART I. THE MYTH OF THE ROYAL SAINT
8. 1. The Myth of the Royal Saint 3
9. Part II. THE MINORITY
10. 2. An Infant King 25
11. 3. Coronations 48
12. 4. Royal Adolescence 65
13. Part III. MAJORITY RULE
14. 5. The Attainment of Power 87
15. 6. The Royal Entourage 93
16. 7. Patronage, Faction and Injustice in England, 1437-1450 106
17. 8. The Founder of Eton and King’s 135
18. 9. War and Peace: the Problems of Normandy and Gascony, 143 7“1443 146
19. 10. Marriage and Truce, 1443-1445 169
20. 11. Surrender and Defeat, 1445-1450 184
21. Part IV. THE AFTERMATH OF DEFEAT
22. 12. Parliamentary Opposition and Popular Risings, 1449-1450 215
23. 13. The Frustration of Richard duke of York, 1450—1453 239
24. 14. Madness, 1453-1455 267
25. Part V. CIVIL WAR
26. 15. The First Battle of St Albans and its Consequences 289
27. 16. The Loss of the Throne 313
28. 17. The Last Ten Years 333
29. Part VI. APOTHEOSIS
30. APOTHEOSIS 351
31. Appendix: Itinerary of Henry VI, 1436-1461 361
32. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 375
33. INDEX 385