Arthurian Myths and Alchemy: The Kingship of Edward IV - Hardcover

Hughes, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750919949 ISBN 13: 9780750919944

Publisher: The History Press, 2002

Synopsis

Edward IV ruled England for twenty-three years through the Wars of the Roses but has always been overshadowed by his younger brother Richard III, who reigned for only two. In this controversial new book award-winning author Jonathan Hughes examines Edward's emotional and spiritual life for the first time and reveals an equally complicated and charismatic character: alongside great energy, intelligence, inspirational leadership and charm Edward displayed darker characteristics such as compulsive womanising and eating, and tendencies towards cruelty, avarice, inertia, indecision and melancholy. Hughes' explanation of the light and dark sides of Edward's personality highlights the cultural significance in the Yorkist court of Arthurian myths, classical legends and Roman history, and the concepts of friendship, courtly love and melancholia

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan Hughes is the author of The Religious Life of Richard III: Piety and Prayer in the North of England (Sutton, runner-up in Longman-History Today Book of the Year award 1997).

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0750919949
• ISBN 13: 9780750919944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224