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• Edward's style of kingship
• Edward was only 29 in 1471, still a young man with an ability to charm his people.
• He also faced a much easier political situation than he had in 1461. The deaths of Henry VI and Prince Edward removed the figureheads for opposition that had plagued him so much in his first reign. The remaining Lancastrian diehards made peace with Edward. He even spared the lives of the Duke of Exeter and the Earl of Oxford.
• However, Edward was not always charming. He was very conscious of his power and prepared to use his anger to over-awe individuals. He was also very knowledgeable about his nobles and gentry. Such knowledge was supremely important as they were the people on whom he depended for good government in every part of his kingdom.
• Overall, Edward combined cleverness and a capacity for hard work with a relaxed exsitence.