The Battles of St AlbansPen and Sword, 9 wrz 2013 - 182 St Albans is unique in having been the site of two pivotal battles during the Wars of the Roses, yet this is the first book-length account to have been published. It offers a gripping account of the fighting, and of the politics and intrigue that led to it, and it incorporates the results of the latest research. The authors also plot the events of over 500 years ago onto the twenty-first century landscape of St Albans so that the visitor can retrace the course of each battle on the present-day ground. |
Spis treści
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter One The Drift to War | 4 |
Chapter Two The First Battle of St Albans | 17 |
Chapter Three The War Renewed | 43 |
The Winter Campaign | 51 |
Chapter Five The Second Battle of St Albans | 58 |
Chapter Six Problems with the Second Battle | 81 |
Chapter Seven The Aftermath | 87 |
Chapter Nine Visiting Modern St Albans and Battlefield Tours | 113 |
Chapter Ten Living History of the Battles | 135 |
Chapter Eleven Weapons Armour and Armies of the Wars | 145 |
Museums Churches Clubs and Societies | 160 |
List of Names Mentioned in Primary and Secondary Sources as associated with the Battles | 162 |
Further Reading | 174 |
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Chapter Eight St Albans and Bernards Heath at the Time of the Battles | 98 |
Inne wydania - Wyświetl wszystko
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
Act of Accord armour Barnet Baron Battle of St Beaufort Beech Bottom Bernards Heath Calais Castle Chronicle Clifford command defeat defences deployed Duke of Somerset Duke of York Dunstable Earl of March Earl of Northumberland Earl of Warwick Edward England English Ermine Street February fifteenth century fighting force French Henry VI Hertfordshire Holywell Hill John Kliene killed King Henry king's L1 Killed-1 Abbey Lancastrian army Lancastrian attack London Road longbow Lord Margaret of Anjou Margaret's army Market Place medieval men-at-arms Mike Elliott military Montagu Neville Nigel Cave noblemen Nomansland Common Normandy Parish pavises Queen Margaret Richard River Ver Roses Salisbury Sandridge Road second battle side soldiers Somme Sopwell Lane St Albans St Albans Abbey St Michael's St Peter's Church St Peter's Street Stow Relation throne Tonman Ditch Towton Trollope troops vanguard Verulamium victory Wakefield Wales Wars Watling Street Whethamstede York's Yorkist Yorkist archers Yorkist army Yorkist cause