Margaret of Anjou Flashcards
Margaret of Anjou (positives)?
clever
brave
hard-working
determined
Margaret of Anjou (negatives)?
viewed to have too much power
French
seen as manipulative
In what year did she try to make herself regent? outcome?
1453
formal document she wrote completely rejected by parliament
has no choice but to work with Somerset
Why was she a scapegoat?
people angry that Henry VI = such a poor king
What rumours circulated?
that Margaret was Sufflok’s mistress - that is why he selected her as Henry VI’s wife.
Margaret was later rumoured to be Somerset’s mistresss - Prince Henry rumoured to resemble Somerset
Who does she attempt to defend the lancastrian regime with?
What did these soldiers do?
French and Scottish soldiers
rampaged and pillaged their way south - Londoners terrified of her army
How was Margaret described in Paston letters?
‘a great and strong laboured woman for she spares no pain to sue her things to an intent and conclusion to her power.’
What did Margaret of Anjou not bring to her marriage to Henry VI?
no dowry
no land
secret clause that meant England would give Maine back to France
What would be a successful Kingship in France?
one where the King crushed powerful nobles in wars of attrition
According to the Croyland Chronicle, Margaret caused the Duke of York to…
‘stink in the King’s nostrils’
Where did she build up support?
What did Coventry become?
What was the biggest problem with this?
in the North and in the Midlands
Coventry became almost an alternative political centre to London
alienated the south-east
