Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Why did Edward IV Win?
- Duke of York
- Gave Edward credibility
- He had weakened the Lancs
- Got the 1460 - act of accord
- got the public support
- Got warrick's support
- Warrick's support
- Most powerful noble
- Massive army
- Gave Edward credibility
- Meant Warrick's allies would back Edward
- Lancasterians tried to assasinate him
- Must be important
- Controlled Calais
- Edward IV's qualities
- Tall, strong, ect
- A good fighter who led armies
- Mortimers cross
- Was far more king like than Henry IV
- People would support him for the good of the country
- Lancasterian decisions
- Broke the act of accord
- gave Edward more of a claim
- Discredited the Lancs
- Act of attainder
- Forced the Yorkists to fight
- Didn't take London in 1461
- Mistakes that lost support of the
nobles and the public
- London's support
- Feared the Lanc army
- Believed they had been
given permission to loot
- Margerat had moved the
court to the midlands
- Less trade
- They supported Edward
- gave him money, men and cred
- Henry VI's failures
- Couldn't unite the nobles
- Allowed it to escalate
- Less king like the Edward
- If he wasn't weak he would not be challanged
- There had been weak kings before
- He had been a bad king for 30 years
- Towton
- It was decisive
- It was in the lanc's stronghold
- the north
- Gave Ed cred
- Lots of Lanc nobles died