Edward IV
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- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Wars, Battles
- Curriculum: British History, Renaissance History, Medieval History/Middle Ages
Article abstract: Utilizing instruments of government inherited from the Lancastrian kings, as well as molding pragmatic methods which anticipated those of the Tudors, Edward of York restored both the authority and prestige of the English monarchy following the dangers and drift of the reigns of the Lancastrian kings. He was aided in this success by the end of the Hundred Years’ War (1453), which had become both a distraction and a financial and military disaster for the English monarchy.
Early Life
Nothing is known of the childhood of Edward IV; he...
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