Towton 1461 (eBook)

The Anatomy of a Battle

A.W. Boardman (Autor)

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2022 | 2. Auflage
336 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9987-8 (ISBN)

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Palm Sunday 1461 was the date of a ruthless and bitterly contested battle, fought by two massive medieval armies on an exposed Yorkshire plateau for the prize of the crown of England. This singular engagement of the Wars of the Roses has acquired the auspicious title of the longest, biggest and bloodiest battle ever fought on British soil. But what drove the contending armies of York and Lancaster to fight at Towton and what is the truth behind the legends about this terrible encounter, where contemporaries record that the rivers ran red with blood? Andrew Boardman answers these questions and many more in the new updated edition of his classic account of Towton which provides a fascinating insight into the reality of the battlefield. The Battle of Towton is illustrated throughout with contemporary illustrations, modern photographs and specially drawn maps.

A.W. BOARDMAN is a medieval military historian who specialises in the Wars of the Roses and whose previous books include St Albans 1455 (The History Press, 2023), Hotspur: Henry Percy, Medieval Rebel (The History Press, 2022), Towton 1461 (The History Press, 2022) and The Medieval Soldier in the Wars of the Roses (The History Press, 2022). He also appeared in the Channel 4 documentary Blood Red Roses on the Battle of Towton and contributed to the archaeological report of the Towton excavations. He lives in Yorkshire.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.3.2022
• Vorwort: Robert Hardy
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Battlefield • battle of towton • battle of towton, the bloodiest battle, wars of the roses, house of york, house of lancaster, plantagenets. palm sunday 1461, medieval armies, yorkshire, battlefield • house of Lancaster • house of York • medieval armies • plantagenets. palm sunday 1461 • the bloodiest battle • Wars of the Roses • Yorkshire
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9987-X / 075099987X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9987-8 / 9780750999878