Edward IV notes- Historiography

Compared to other Kings, how much do we know about Edward IV?

One of the least known of English Kings

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What is one reason for this based on Shakespeare?

No there is Shakespearean King Edward IV. While he does features in 2 plays, he takes centre stag in neither

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What are the 2 earliest accounts we have of Edward IV?

Dominic Mancini, -Chronicle of Crowland Abbey

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When was Dominic Mancini writing and who was he in relation to Edward IV?

-1483, -Italian visitor or England, -No personal knowledge of Edward IV

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What did Mancini state about Edward's reign overall?

He noted Edward 'ruled England with great renown'. However at first he 'behaved for a while in all things too dissolutely'

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What relation did the author of the Chronicle of Crowland Abbey have to Edward?

Written by a senior clerical figure who had met the King in person

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What did the Chronicle fo Crowland Abbey state about Edward and the final years of his reign?

Edward had been a 'most provident King', yet indulged too much 'his passion and desire for luxury'. In the final years of his reign, he was 'feared by all his subjects',

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Who did what later Tudor chronicles follow the assessments of? What were the overall assessments of Edward?

-Vergil and More, -Tudor chronicilists such as Edward Hall, Raphael Holinshed and John Stow, -Postive assessment

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What did Vergil state about Edward IV's final legacy?

'All internal division appeased, he left a most wealthy realm abounding in all things'

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What did More state about how Edward IV left Engand?

He left England a 'quiet and prosperous estates'

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What were 18th C views of Edward like?

Negative views of Edward began to develop

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Who described Edward as deeply flawed, lazy, debauched and intent primarily on what?

-Hume and Rapin, -Intent primarily on his own comfort,

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What did Jane Austen record about why Edward was famous in what book?

In her satirical History of England, -Edward was 'famous only for his Beauty and his Courage'

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How did Stubbs describe Edward using what example?

"A man vicious beyond any King that Englannd had seen since the days of John', -Uses the example of Clarence's death

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However, who provided a re-assessment in the 19th C> What did he controversially state about Edward and his political abilities?

-Green (1874), -'Edward was silently laying the foundations of an absolute rule which Henry VII did lttle more than develop and consolidate'- He hid his profound political ability,

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When did the study of Edward and his reign gain a modern perspective?

20th C

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Who described Edward as a realist? What did this historian (1964) suggest about Edward?

-Chrimes, -He sought solid gains rather than vainglory, -He stopped the process of decay in monarchy and government

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Does Chrimes agree with Green about the new monarchy?

No, he states Edward did not create the NEw Monarchy. This lies with Henry VII

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What is Ross' (?) opinion on Chrimes? What does he state about Edward and politics?

-(1974)-He argues Chrimes carried this approval too far, -'His failing as a politician can easily be overlooked among the general chorus of approval for his achievements in domestic government'

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What does Dockray (?) suggest are the two conflict images of Edward? How does this link to today?

-1995, -******* or politician, -Time of popular political debate

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How does Carpenter (?) describe Edward, his achievements and his legacy?

-1997, -'One of the greatest of English Kings', -He was able to rescue the monarchy and landed society from what can best be described as a shambles, -He left his dynasty securely settled on the throne,

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What is Hicks' (?) overall balanced assessment of Edward?

-2004, -Effective ruler and a good delegator, but also a man emotional in his relationships, unwilling to correct his most powerful subjects, unduly trusting and lacking in perception,

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