(Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians. House of Tudor, which subsequently ruled England and Wales for 117 years. After 30 years of conflict between the royal houses of Lancaster and York. The Battle of Bosworth Field (or Battle of Bosworth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England in the latter half of the 15th century. The War of the Roses - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf). The Scottish historian, Robert Balmain Mowat (1883-1941) writes that these wars saw "the death of the old England and the beginning of the new." But they also saw the emergence of great personalities: the noble Richard of York, Warwick the Kingmaker, King Edward IV, indolent and energetic by turns, and his relentless opponent, Margaret of Anjou, a true she-wolf of France. The Wars of the Roses were one of the bloodiest periods in English history. ![]() The Wars of the Roses, 1377-1471, were a series of English civil wars fought for the control of the throne of England between two rival cadet branches of the House of Plantagenet, Lancaster and York. Wars of the Roses, (145585), in English history, the series of dynastic civil wars whose violence and civil strife preceded the strong government of the Tudors. ![]() ![]() This course takes you through the events of the conflict. LibriVox recording of The Wars of the Roses 1377-1471 by Robert Balmain Mowat. One of the most significant events in English history, it bore witness to a series of monarchs.
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