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Book Barnet 1471

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Clark
  • Publisher : Pen and Sword
  • Release : 2007-03-08
  • ISBN : 1473812119
  • Pages : 261 pages

Download or read book Barnet 1471 written by David Clark and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2007-03-08 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 14 April 1471 the forces of Lancaster under the Earl of Warwick and those of York under Edward IV clashed at Barnet in Hertfordshire in one of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses. In a bloody encounter the two armies fought to resolve a bitter dynastic dispute that had already fuelled twenty years of war. Warwick's death and Edward's victory changed the course of English history.In this new guide to the battle, David Clark, one of the leading battlefield historians, gives a gripping account of the fighting and of the intrigue that led to it, and he provides a full tour of the battlefield itself.

Book The Battle of Barnet  1471

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  • Author : Marjorie Blanch Honeybourne
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1963
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Battle of Barnet 1471 written by Marjorie Blanch Honeybourne and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Britons and their Battlefields

Download or read book Britons and their Battlefields written by Ian Atherton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-19 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While much attention has been paid to the commemoration of conflict in the twentieth century, this book is the first to consider conflict memory in the long term, arguing that modern practices were not created out of the mud of the trenches, but evolved from much longer practices. From the fourteenth century to the present day, this work analyses the changing commemoration and memories of British battlefields at home and overseas, from Bannockburn (1314) to Bosworth (1485) to Basra (1914-1921). Across these seven centuries, there have been a series of recurring post-battle rituals that have shaped and continue to shape memories of conflict. Three distinct but overlapping periods of memory can be delineated: In the later Middle Ages battlefields were consecrated by the burial of the fallen and often by the erection of a battlefield cross, or chapel or chantry to pray for the dead. The second phase began with the Protestant Reformation in the 1530s, when pilgrimage and prayers for the dead was abolished, and battlefield chantries were dissolved and many battlefield crosses were demolished. Memories shifted from the dead to the living, especially the bodies of surviving veterans who commemorated the conflict by their wounds, and from soil and stone to print and ink. The third phase began in the eighteenth century when antiquaries and others established new monuments on past battlefields. Monuments to survivors and the dead were established on contemporary battlefields such as Waterloo, once again hailed as sacred ground hallowed by bloodshed, fit destinations for a pilgrimage. Not just officers but ordinary soldiers began to be memorialized by name on the battlefield, culminating in the cult of the names of the dead enshrined by the creation of the War Graves Commission in 1917, and the idea that battlefields should be preserved unchanged as seen in modern heritage management. Drawing on a wide variety of literary and historical sources and taking a uniquely longue durée approach, the book explores and links memory-making practices from across the period to reconsider the ways in which battlefields are commemorated and re-commemorated. In so doing, it makes a unique contribution to a wide range of historiographical fields: British history since the fourteenth century, memory studies, heritage studies, landscape history, conflict archaeology, and military history.

Book The Journal of Medieval Military History

Download or read book The Journal of Medieval Military History written by Clifford J. Rogers and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latest volume of original articles on all aspects of warfare in the middle ages. The broad topic of medieval warfare is here explored across the full chronological range of the Middle Ages, using a wide variety of approaches, including literary, prosopographical, technological, and narrative-based analysis. Akey feature of the journal is its commitment to fostering debate on the most significant issues in medieval military history; that tradition is continued here with Bernard Bachrach's argument against the idea that early medieval military structures and practices were sharply different from Late Antique ones. Individual battles, the Hattin campaign of 1187 and Byzantine war against Bulgaria in 1254-1256, are the focus of two other chapters; an article by Richard Kaeuper (based on his De Re Militari special lecture at the International Congress of Medieval Studies) emphasizes the value of chansons de geste and other "romance" material for understanding the mentalité of the martial lay aristocracy of medieval Christendom; and there are further articles on the factors that motivated gentlemen to fight, in both open warfare, and individual combat. Weapons of warfare are not neglected, with chapters casting lighton the development of the crossbow and the trebuchet. CONTRIBUTORS: BERNARD S. BACHRACH, MICHAEL EHRLICH, MICHAEL BASISTA, NICHOLAS S. KANELLOPOULOS, JOANNE K. LEKEA, RICHARD W. KAEUPER, MARK DUPUY, MALCOLM MERCER, STEVEN C. HUGHES

Book Mediaeval British History

Download or read book Mediaeval British History written by J. S. Lindsey and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Usurpers  A New Look at Medieval Kings

Download or read book Usurpers A New Look at Medieval Kings written by Michele Morrical and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-10-13 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This examination of six usurper kings of England, and the people and circumstances surrounding them, is “a masterpiece of academic scholarship” (Midwest Book Review). In the Middle Ages, England had to contend with a string of usurpers who disrupted the British monarchy—and ultimately changed the course of European history by deposing England’s reigning kings and seizing power for themselves. Some of the most infamous usurper kings to come out of medieval England include William the Conqueror, Stephen of Blois, Henry Bolingbroke, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry Tudor. Did these kings really deserve the title of usurper, or were they unfairly vilified by royal propaganda and biased chroniclers? This book examines the lives of these six medieval kings, the circumstances that brought each of them to power, and whether or not they deserve the title of usurper. Along the way readers will hear stories of some of the most fascinating people of medieval Europe, including Empress Matilda, the woman who nearly succeeded at becoming the first ruling Queen of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine, the queen of both France and England, who stirred her own sons to rebel against their father, Henry II; Richard II, whose cruel and vengeful reign caused his own family to overthrow him; Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou, Richard of York, and Edward IV, who struggled for power during the Wars of the Roses; the notorious Richard III and his monstrous reputation as a child-killer; and Henry VII, who rose from relative obscurity to establish the most famous royal family of all time: the Tudors.

Book The local examination history from the Roman invasion to 1879

Download or read book The local examination history from the Roman invasion to 1879 written by Robert Stenson Pringle and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book English History Illustrated from Original Sources     1399 1485

Download or read book English History Illustrated from Original Sources 1399 1485 written by Miss F Hermia Durham and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Records of Yarlington

Download or read book Records of Yarlington written by Thomas Englesby Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Historians  History of the World

Download or read book The Historians History of the World written by Henry Smith Williams and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book London Night and Day

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  • Author : Matt Brown
  • Publisher : Batsford Books
  • Release : 2015-09-17
  • ISBN : 1849943486
  • Pages : 203 pages

Download or read book London Night and Day written by Matt Brown and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like New York, London can be enjoyed all day and all night. This insider's guide gives you the gen on where, when and how to enjoy London at any hour. It covers places to stay, places to eat, drink, dance and be entertained and informed. Including all the main and famous places in London but with the added twist of highlighting some of the lesser-known parks, palaces and museums. The book is structured by hours of the day, so it gives the ideal time to do any number of great things in a great city, from breakfast places and tea at 4, to cocktails at 6 and midnight walks. Discover gin palaces, walks beside the Thames, Hawksmoor churches and haunted pubs with this indispensable guide. Each entry lists the nearest tube stop so this grand city can be explored with an Oyster card! Author Matt Brown from legendary London blog the Londonist is probably the most London-obsessed person there is. He brings his own extensive knowledge of the city to the book, revealing an array of new experiences even for the long-term Londoner and the discerning tourist. With London Underground going 24 hours in September, this is a timely book to discover some of the hidden charms of this fascinating city.

Book English History from the Norman Conquet to the Great Reform Bill

Download or read book English History from the Norman Conquet to the Great Reform Bill written by Roy Macgregor Grier and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lancaster and York

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  • Author : James H. Ramsay
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1892
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 724 pages

Download or read book Lancaster and York written by James H. Ramsay and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Life of Daniel O Connell

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  • Author : John Andrew Hamilton baron Sumner
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1888
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 458 pages

Download or read book Life of Daniel O Connell written by John Andrew Hamilton baron Sumner and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Manual of Modern Geography

Download or read book Manual of Modern Geography written by W. Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of England  Volume 1

Download or read book A History of England Volume 1 written by Clayton Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume narrative of English history draws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research, encouraging students to interpret the full range of England's social, economic, cultural, and political past. A History of England, Volume 1 (Prehistory to 1714), focuses on the most important developments in the history of England through the early 18th century. Topics include the Viking and Norman conquests of the 11th century, the creation of the monarchy, the Reformation, and the Glorious Revolution of 1688.