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Bosworth 1485 Glenn Foard

Bosworth 1485 By Glenn Foard

Bosworth 1485 by Glenn Foard


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Fascinating new perspectives on the battle which marked the transition between medieval and early modern England.

Bosworth 1485 Summary

Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered by Glenn Foard

Bosworth stands alongside Naseby and Hastings as one of the three most iconic battles ever fought on English soil. The action on 22 August 1485 brought to an end the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses and heralded the dawn of the Tudor dynasty. However, Bosworth was also the most famous lost battlefield in England. Between 2005 and 2010, the techniques of battlefield archaeology were used in a major research programme to locate the site.

Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered is the result. Using data from historical documents, landscape archaeology, metal detecting survey, ballistics and scientific analysis, the volume explores each aspect of the investigation - from the size of the armies, their weaponry, and the battlefield terrain to exciting new evidence of the early use of artillery - in order to identify where and how the fighting took place. Bosworth 1485 provides a fascinating and intricately researched new perspective on the event which, perhaps more than any other, marked the transition between medieval and early modern England.

About Glenn Foard

Anne Curry is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southampton, and author of many works on the Hundred Years War, particularly on the battle of Agincourt. She also edited the 1422-53 section of the Parliament Rolls of Medieval Engl

Table of Contents

1. A battlefield lost 2. The armies: an historical perspective 3. The battle: an historical perspective 4. The battlefield terrain 5. Surveying the battle archaeology 6. Interpreting the artefacts 7. Gunpowder weapons 8. A new perspective on the battle

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NGR9781789258776
9781789258776
1789258774
Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered by Glenn Foard
New
Paperback
Oxbow Books
2022-06-25
240
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