Wars of the Roses: The People, Places and Battlefields of the Yorkists and Lancastrians (Kendall Paul)(Pevná vazba)

An exploration of the buildings, monuments, towns and battlefields of that turbulent era across both England and Wales--all places that can still be visited and experienced today!

The Wars of the Roses, which saw England and Wales ravaged by warfare for three decades and dynasties rise and fall, decimated the nobility of an entire generation, and saw the rise of the merchant class, the decline of medieval feudalism and opened the country to the enlightened ideals of the Renaissance. Such has been its lasting effects the red and white rose of the Tudors is still a national symbol.

This book is an exploration of the buildings, monuments, towns and battlefields of that turbulent era across both England and Wales - places that can still be visited and experienced today. The stories of the great battles of St Albans, Stoke Field, Wakefield, Townton, Barnet,
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