Results of the Lancastrian usurpation . . . . . . . . . . [103] Effects of the Wars of the Roses . . . . . . . . . . . . . [104] No destruction of the nobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [105] Scenery. Country life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [106] Castles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [107] Hunting and hawking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [108] The Peerage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [109] Town residences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [110] Magnificence of the Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [111] Wealth of merchants. City Companies . . . . . . . . . . . [112] Introduction of printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [113] Caxton's works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [114], [115] Literary noblemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [115], [116] Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [117] Bishops. Clergy. Monasteries. Pilgrimages . . . . . . . [118-119] Lawlessness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [120] Manor houses. Cultivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [121] Condition of the people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [122-123] Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [123]
CHAPTER X
REIGN OF RICHARD III
Description of the King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [124] Treatment of his nephews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [125] Coronation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [126-127] Claim of Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [128] Royal Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [129-130] Rebellion of Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [131-132]
List of traitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [132-133] Parliament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [134] Reforms. Revenue. Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [135] Convocation. Agreement with the Queen Dowager . . . . . . [136] Death of the Prince of Wales. His tomb . . . . . . . . . [137] Edward Earl of Warwick made Heir-Apparent . . . . . . . . [138] King Richard's popularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [139] Conspiracy of Henry Tudor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [140] The King assembled troops at Nottingham . . . . . . . . . [141] Proclamation against Henry Tudor . . . . . . . . . . . . . [143] Peerage of Richard III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [143] Ministers of Richard III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [144] Commissioners for Peace with Scotland . . . . . . . . . . [145] Judges and Law Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [145] Bishops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [146] Knights of the Garter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [146] Knights of the Bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [147]
CHAPTER XI
THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH
Treachery of the Stanleys explained . . . . . . . . . . . [148], [149] King Richard's military talent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [150] English pluck displayed by Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . [150] Loyal men flocking to the King's standard . . . . . . . . [151] Description of the country round Bosworth . . . . . . . . [152] Positions of the two armies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [153] King Richard leads his men to the encounter . . . . . . . [154] Treachery of Lord Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [155] The King's gallant charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [155] Death of the King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [155-156-157] Richard buried at Leicester. Memorials . . . . . . . . . [158] Character of King Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [159] His generosity. Arbitrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [160] Able administration. Building operations . . . . . . . . [161] Literary tastes. Founded the Heralds' College . . . . . . [162] Comparison of Richard and the Tudors . . . . . . . . . . . [162], [163] His married life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [164] Contemporary Sovereigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [165]