A Brief History Of The Wars Of The Roses
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A Short History of the Wars of the Roses
Author | : David Grummitt |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2014-01-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780857723291 |
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The Wars of the Roses (c. 1455-1487) are renowned as an infamously savage and tangled slice of English history. A bloody thirty-year struggle between the dynastic houses of Lancaster and York, they embraced localised vendetta (such as the bitter northern feud between the Percies and Nevilles) as well as the formal clash of royalist and rebel armies at St Albans, Ludford Bridge, Mortimer's Cross, Towton, Tewkesbury and finally Bosworth, when the usurping Yorkist king, Richard III, was crushed by Henry Tudor. Powerful personalities dominate the period: the charismatic and enigmatic Richard III, immortalized by Shakespeare; the slippery Warwick, the Kingmaker', who finally over-reached ambition to be cut down at the Battle of Barnet; and guileful women like Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret of Anjou, who for a time ruled the kingdom in her husband's stead. David Grummitt places the violent events of this complex time in the wider context of fifteenth-century kingship and the development of English political culture.Never losing sight of the traumatic impact of war on the lives of those who either fought in or were touched by battle, this captivating new history will make compelling reading for students of the late medieval period and Tudor England, as well as for general readers.
A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses
Author | : Desmond Seward |
Publsiher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2013-02-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781472107763 |
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During the fifteenth century England was split in a bloody conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster over who should claim the crown. The civil wars consumed the whole nation in a series of battles that eventually saw the Tudor dynasty take power. In A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses, Desmond Seward tells the story of this complex and dangerous period of history through the lives of five men and women who experienced the conflict first hand. In a gripping narrative the personal trials of the principal characters interweave with the major events and personalities of one of the most significant turning points in British history.
The Wars of the Roses
Author | : Martin J Dougherty |
Publsiher | : Amber Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2015-04-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781782742821 |
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Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, artworks and maps, The Wars of the Roses reveals the scheming and betrayal, the skullduggery and murder behind the struggle between the Yorkist and Lancastrian dynasties to gain power in medieval England – and then hold on to it.
The Wars of the Roses
Author | : Anthony James Pollard |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1995-08-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781349241309 |
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This collection of nine essays (including the introduction) by leading British scholars addresses recent debates concerning the Wars of the Roses, especially their origins and the balance between self-interest and principle in the motivation of the participants. The collection brings these issues forward for the consideration of sixth-form and undergraduate students. While offering a summation of current viewpoints, the collection also offers new interpretations on several points.
A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses
Author | : Desmond Seward |
Publsiher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2013-02-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781472107763 |
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A classic account of the bloody rivalry between the dynasties of York and Lancaster for the throne of England. During the fifteenth century England was split in a bloody conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster over who should claim the crown. The civil wars consumed the whole nation in a series of battles that eventually saw the Tudor dynasty take power. In A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses, Desmond Seward tells the story of this complex and dangerous period of history through the lives of five men and women who experienced the conflict first hand. In a gripping narrative the personal trials of the principal characters interweave with the major events and personalities of one of the most significant turning points in British history.
The Wars of the Roses
Author | : Michael Hicks |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 137 |
Release | : 2014-06-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781472810182 |
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The Wars of the Roses raged from 1455 to 1485 - the longest period of civil war in English history. They barely affected the daily routine of the civilian population, yet for the leaders of the opposing houses of York and Lancaster, the wars were devastating. First hand accounts reveal how the lives of their women and children were blighted during three decades of war, as many of their male relatives met with violent deaths. This book examines in detail the causes, course and results of each of the main wars and concludes with a fascinating insight into why the wars ended so abruptly.
Wars of the Roses
Author | : Charles Ross |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 050027407X |
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The Wars of the Roses
Author | : Christine Carpenter |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1997-11-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521318742 |
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This is a new interpretation of English politics during the extended period beginning with the majority of Henry VI in c. 1437 up to the accession of Henry VII in 1509. The later fifteenth century in England is a somewhat baffling and apparently incoherent period which historians and history students have found consistently difficult to handle. The large-scale 'revisionism' inspired by the classic work of K. B. McFarlane led to the first real work on politics, both national and local, but has left the period in a disjointed state: much material has been unearthed, but without any real sense of direction or coherence. This book places the events of the century within a clearly delineated framework of constitutional structures, practices and expectations, in an attempt to show the meaning of the apparently frenetic and purposeless political events which occurred within that framework - and which sometimes breached it. At the same time it takes cognisance of all the work that has been done on the period, including recent and innovative work on Henry VI.