The Wars of the Roses - Softcover

Gillingham, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842122746 ISBN 13: 9781842122747

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2001

Synopsis

Frequently remembered as a period of military history which both saw the French beat the English and then the English fight amongst themselves, traditional military historians have tended to pass over the period hastily, regarding it as an episode that wrecked England's military greatness. John Gillingham's highly readable history separates the myth from the reality. He argues that, paradoxically, the Wars of the Roses demonstrate how peaceful England in fact was. From the accession of the infant Henry VI to the thrones of England and France in 1422 to the accession of Henry VII following the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, Gillingham uses his gift for graphic description (particularly with his exciting account of the 1471 campaign) to great effect. He is also good at placing the warfare within its European context, especially in showing the problems encountered in conducting a civil war within a normally peaceful country.

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About the Author

John Gilingham is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the London School of Economics. He is the author of numerous books and articles on British, French and German History.

Edition details

• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1842122746
• ISBN 13: 9781842122747
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288