Edward IV‚ 12-year-old Edward V and his younger brother Richard‚ were sent to the Tower by Richard III(also their uncle).the boys were declared illegitimate and the Duke was crowned King Richard III. Then the Princes vanished.... Richard III has usually been considered the most likely culprit. By declaring the princes illegitimate‚ he cleared his way to the throne. He would secure his position by having them murdered. In 1485‚ Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth. The defeater‚ Henry
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Who Had The Strongest Claim To The Throne- Edward V‚ Richard III or Henry VII? Edward V was the great-great-great-grandson of Edward III and the son of Edward IV‚ the previous king‚ therefore making him have a strong claim to the throne. When his father died he was only 12 years old and so people weren’t sure if he was ready to be king‚ or if he needed someone to watch over him. His uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester- later known as Richard III- was made protector and guardian of Edward which meant
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powerful - the fact that Edward III and Henry V had genealogical claims to the French throne was but an explanation for robbing - the war was not a result of dynastic ambitions but a national matter‚ supported by the institutions (Parliament) - it was much more profitable for an English knight to go to France to plunder than to poor Scotland - that’s why in the early reign of Edward III English ambitions were redirected from Scotland to France; besides‚ Edward III spoke French‚ so he felt more at
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king of England in August 1485. Explain why he succeeded. Henry Tudor’s hereditary claim was slimmer than that of any English King since William the Conqueror‚ but he was in fact the great-great-grandson of John of Gaunt‚ who was a son of Edward III and the founder of the House of Lancaster. He was descended from John through an illegitimate son who (along with his siblings) was retroactively legitimized but explicitly barred from succession to the throne‚ but when the legitimate Lancastrian line
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In 1484‚ Richard III made a deal with the Duke of Brittany in order to have Henry Tudor returned to England. However‚ Tudor was told of this agreement and fled into France‚ joining the French Court. This caused him to form bonds in the court of France and in turn lead the King of France‚ King Charles VIII to offer Tudor 60‚000 livres to assemble 4000 men. Of these‚ 1500 were discharged soldiers from a base at Pont de l’Arche. The French soldiers were commanded by a nobleman from Savoy called Philibert
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opening soliloquy by presenting Richard as an eloquent speaker‚ showing his reflection of himself and depicting him as the ‘Vice’. Richard reveals elements of his true character as he reflects on the preceding conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. In the opening soliloquy‚ Richard’s character is established as the audience sees his bitter reaction to new king‚ Edward IV and the newfound ‘peace’. From the earliest moment in the play‚ Richard is shown to be an extremely eloquent
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THE WARS OF THE ROSES - THE CAUSES OF THE WARS Causes 1. Dynastic - a fight for titles 2. Economic and financial - a crisis in the nobility 3. Defeat in the 100 Years War 4. Long term - a shift in the balance of power causing lawlessness and disorder 5. Short term - the personal failings of Henry VI (1-3 are largely dismissed by Historians in the twentieth century but may still have a part to play) |Long Term |Short Term
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Russia’s expansion into Siberia. Ivan also founded the standing army which was called the streltsy. ii. Economy In the year 1553‚ the Moscow Print Yard was established by order of Ivan the Terrible and this introduced Russia to the printing press. iii. Politics To create what was known as the Sudebnik of 1550‚ Ivan the Terrible had to revise the law code of Russia. He also established the Zemsky Sobor which was the first Russian parliament in the Middle Ages. He also established the Chosen Council
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The Tower of London The Tower of London has a very interesting story behind it. It was begun by a man who was not even English‚ William of Normandy. At the time he was the cousin of England’s Kind Edward. It all started because William became outraged when Edward backed down on his promise to give the throne to William and ended up giving the throne to his English brother-in-law‚ Harold. William sailed his army across the English Channel
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significance. One of the oldest‚ and the most famous‚ castle in London is the Tower of London. The Tower has stood for 907 years as a symbol of power of the English monarchy (Fletcher Internet). The Tower ’s origins began with a rumor that King Edward III‚ Edward the Confessor‚ promised William of Normandy‚ the Duke of Normandy‚ the English throne after Edward was deceased (Sedivy Internet). On is deathbed‚ however‚ Edward gave his throne to Harold Godwinson‚ Earl of Wessex. When news reached Normandy
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