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The Wars of the Roses: Military activity and English society, 1452-97

Anthony Goodman

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Description: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 colored by Tudor propaganda, and most books on the Wars of the Roses have concentrated on politics and personalities. Discussion of military matters has hitherto been chiefly confined to colorful and sometimes fanciful accounts of the major battles, on which accurate information is scanty.The present work is a military history of the Wars of the Roses. In the first part Anthony Goodman presents an overall view of the campaigns, from the first skirmishes of 1452 to the last campaign in 1497, and examines the generalship of the commanders in both camps. In the second covering military organization--how armies were recruited, paid, fed, billeted, armed and deployed--he shows that in a period of a rapid change in European methods of warfare the English were not so old-fashioned as has sometimes been supposed. In conclusion he assesses the effects of the wars on society in general.The book makes extensive use of fifteenth-century sources, both English and Continental, including chronicles, civic records, and letters, and presents a vivid picture of the wars as they were seen and described by contemporaries.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wars of the Roses: Military activity and English society, 1452-97. To get started finding The Wars of the Roses: Military activity and English society, 1452-97, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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 colored by Tudor propaganda, and most books on the Wars of the Roses have concentrated on politics and personalities. Discussion of military matters has hitherto been chiefly confined to colorful and sometimes fanciful accounts of the major battles, on which accurate information is scanty.The present work is a military history of the Wars of the Roses. In the first part Anthony Goodman presents an overall view of the campaigns, from the first skirmishes of 1452 to the last campaign in 1497, and examines the generalship of the commanders in both camps. In the second covering military organization--how armies were recruited, paid, fed, billeted, armed and deployed--he shows that in a period of a rapid change in European methods of warfare the English were not so old-fashioned as has sometimes been supposed. In conclusion he assesses the effects of the wars on society in general.The book makes extensive use of fifteenth-century sources, both English and Continental, including chronicles, civic records, and letters, and presents a vivid picture of the wars as they were seen and described by contemporaries.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wars of the Roses: Military activity and English society, 1452-97. To get started finding The Wars of the Roses: Military activity and English society, 1452-97, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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