304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
First published in 1990. The second half of the fifteenth century was one of the most turbulent periods of English history. Present popular knowledge of the bitter struggle for the throne between the rival houses of York and Lancaster derives largely from Shakespeare's history plays, which in their turn were coloured by Tudor propaganda, and most books on the Wars of the Roses have concentrated on... Read more
Introduction Part One The Campaigns 1 Yorkist Rebellions, 1452-60 2 The War of Succession, 1460-1 3 Lancastrian Risings and Invasions, 1461-4 4 Local Revolts and Nobles' Struggles To Control the Crown, 1469-71 5 The Later Risings, 1483-97 Part Two Military Organization and Society 6 Military Convention and Recruitment 7 Supply, Billets and Ordnance 8 Methods of Warfare 9 The Wars and Society
Biography
Anthony Goodman read Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford and is Reader in History at the University of Edinburgh
