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 {xv} 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
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