Wars of the Roses by John Gillingham

Wars of the Roses by John Gillingham

The dynastic struggles of the Wars of the Roses (1455-85) have traditionally been portrayed as belonging to one of the most dramatic periods in the history of England, an age of murder and melodrama. In this classic history of the wars, charting their origins, progress, conclusions and effects, Professor Lander sets the record straight. By putting the wars into their contemporary context, using the written records of the time (many of which are reproduced in the text) and the results of modern research and scholarship, the true picture emerges. The wars were, in fact, very limited. While not denying that contemporary English society was disorderly and violent, Lander suggests that this state of affairs was due far less to civil war than to habits of violence among all classes of society. Fluently and clearly written The Wars of the Roses is the perfect overview of one of the most famous of medieval conflicts. Shedding light, as it does, on fifteenth-century history as a whole, the roots of the Tudor dynasty, and the background to Shakespeare's history plays, this book deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in this most turbulent period.

Formerly of Peterhouse College, Cambridge, and All Souls College, Oxford, Jonathan Clark is currently Hall Distinguished Professor of British History at the University of Kansas. James Campbell, until 2002 Professor of Medieval History at Oxford, is a Fellow of the British Academy. John Gillingham is Emeritus Professor of History at LSE and the Fellow of the British Academy. Jenny Wormald is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Edinburgh, and formerly of St Hilda's College, Oxford. William D. Rubinstein is Professor of History at the Universty of Wales, Aberystwyth. Lord Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at Warwick University, and author of a multi-award-winning three-volume biography of the economist John Maynard Keynes.

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ISBN 13	9780297776307
ISBN 10	0297776304
Titel	Wars of the Roses
Autor	John Gillingham
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	1981-09-17
Seitenanzahl	274
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