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Towton 1461
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ISBN-13:
9781841765136
Veröffentl:
2003
Erscheinungsdatum:
20.04.2003
Seiten:
96
Autor:
Christopher Gravett
Gewicht:
313 g
Format:
244x185x9 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Christopher Gravett is a former Senior Curator at the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, and a recognized authority on the arms, armour and warfare of the medieval world. He has worked as an advisor for numerous TV and film productions, and has written several books, including DK Eyewitness Knight and Castle and more than 20 titles for Osprey.
Introduction/Chronology/Origins of the Campaign/The Commanders/Opposing Forces/The March to Towton/The Battle/Aftermath/The Grave Pits/The Battlefield today/Further Reading/Index
On a bitterly cold Palm Sunday, 29 March 1461, the army of King Edward IV met that of his Lancastrian enemies on a snow-covered battlefield south of the village of Towton in Yorkshire. The struggle lasted all day in the longest and bloodiest battle of the Wars of the Roses. With the arrival of Yorkist reinforcements under the Duke of Norfolk, the Lancastrian line eventually broke and their troops fled, many being caught and slaughtered in the death trap known as 'Bloody Meadow'. Christopher Gravett examines the campaign that marked the resurgence of the Yorkist cause and established Edward IV as king