. Historical portraits ... for a freshattempt upon England. Edward landed in Yorkshire and professedat first only to claim his own Duchy of York; but, being graduallybetter and better received as he marched southwards, soon resolvedto claim the Crown again. Warwick was no match for Edward asa general, was defeated and slain at Barnet (April 1471) and threeweeks later Queen Margaret and the true Lancastrians wereequally annihilated at Tewkesbury. Bloody reprisals followed thesevictories, as indeed they followed the victories of each side in thesehorrible wars; among Edwards victims were King He
. Historical portraits ... for a freshattempt upon England. Edward landed in Yorkshire and professedat first only to claim his own Duchy of York; but, being graduallybetter and better received as he marched southwards, soon resolvedto claim the Crown again. Warwick was no match for Edward asa general, was defeated and slain at Barnet (April 1471) and threeweeks later Queen Margaret and the true Lancastrians wereequally annihilated at Tewkesbury. Bloody reprisals followed thesevictories, as indeed they followed the victories of each side in thesehorrible wars; among Edwards victims were King Henry VI andhis only son. Prince Edward of Lancaster. The rest of Edwards reign was tranquil. He invaded Francewith a very large army in 1474, but he early let the King of Franceunderstand that he was not very much in earnest, that it was thesort of thing a spirited King of England was expected to do, butthat a round sum of money, which the English could call a tributeand the French a pension, would buy his retreat. The wily. EDWARD IV From the portrait in tlie National Portrait GalleryPainter unknown Face p. 20 EDWARD IV 21 Louis XI agreed to these terms, and even promised to wed hisson the Dauphin to Edwards eldest daughter. Edward put hisbrother Clarence to death in 1478; the motive seems to have beenjealousy, whether ill or well founded it is difficult to say. He evenmanaged to quarrel to some extent with his surviving brother,Richard of Gloucester, who had been perfectly loyal to him, beforethe end of his reign. He died in his forty-first year in 1483. All that we know of Edwards character is entirely to his discredit:his only ability was that of the soldier, and his laziness, at the timeswhen he should have been most active, decidedly counterbalancedhis military talents. He was sensual and immoral to a flagrantextent, and drink and debauchery probably hastened his end. Hewas also vindictive, suspicious and cruel to a degree remarkableeven in that age of blood. He professed
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