Political Elites in South-West England, 1450–1500 : Politics, Governance, and the Wars of the Roses

Stansfield, R. E. (2009) Political Elites in South-West England, 1450–1500 : Politics, Governance, and the Wars of the Roses. The Edwin Mellen Press, Lampeter. ISBN 978-0-77344-714-1

Abstract

This study examines the crown’s approach to government in South-West England during the later fifteenth century: it investigates Edward IV’s policy towards the English regions, and explores the feasibility of a regional approach by examining the politics, government, and ruling elites of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset from 1450 to 1500.