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How effective was Edward IV's domestic government from 1471?
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- 1996
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... How effective was Edward IV's domestic government from 1471? Opinion has been divided about the effectiveness of Edward IV and his government during his second reign. Commynes, his contemporary criticised the gluttony and idleness of Edward. On the other hand, JK Green in the 1870s believed he was so effective that he and his government had established a "New Monarchy" of enhanced powers on which the Tudors later built. Christine Carpenter regards Edward IV as the most effective king since Edward I, which infers that his government must have been effective. Yet, J.R. Lander saw him as "a compound of dissipation and ability" and Charles Ross (1980) regarded his achievements as a ruler as "a mixed bag". One also has to remember that whatever the achievements of his government, he was the first King whose designated successor failed to secure the throne since Henry I and two years after his
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