Gradually, as the fifteenth century went on, a curious situation arose. Some of them, too, became connected by blood with the royal house. At the same time certain other noble families grew so wealthy and powerful that in time their influence rivalled and sometimes surpassed that of the king. endowed his sons with great lands and inheritances: and so the royal house was split up into several powerful families, not necessarily in agreement with one another. These two things were intimately connected with each other.īy his family settlement Edward III.
There were many causes which produced the unhappy troubles in England known as the Wars of the Roses, but there were two things in particular without which these troubles could never have occurred: one was the family settlement of Edward III., the other was the over-mighty subject. You can legally download or stream this audio book and listen for free at Spotify, Deezer, and in high quality at Audible.THE WARS OF THE ROSES CHAPTER I.THE FAMILY SETTLEMENT OF EDWARD III. This week, the audio book version of Dan Jones's The Wars of the Roses has made it into the top 50 bestsellers in the Science category. With vivid descriptions of the battles of Towton and Bosworth, where the last Plantagenet king was slain, this is a bold and dramatic narrative history that will delight listeners who like their history with a healthy dose of bedlam, romance, and intrigue. It is also a period of headstrong and resilient women - Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort - who were not afraid to seize power and bend men to their will. Some of the greatest heroes and villains in history were thrown together in these turbulent times - from Joan of Arc and Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt and prudent rule marked the high point of the medieval English monarchy, to Richard III, who stole the throne and murdered his own nephews, the princes in the Tower. Now, celebrated historian Dan Jones describes how the longest reigning British royal family tore itself apart until it was finally replaced by the Tudors.
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