The Wars of the Roses, which saw England and Wales ravaged by
warfare for three decades and dynasties rise and fall, decimated
the nobility of an entire generation, and saw the rise of the
merchant class, the decline of medieval feudalism and opened the
country to the enlightened ideals of the Renaissance. Such has been
its lasting effects the red and white rose of the Tudors is still a
national symbol. This book is an exploration of the buildings,
monuments, towns and battlefields of that turbulent era across both
England and Wales - places that can still be visited and
experienced today. The stories of the great battles of St Albans,
Stoke Field, Wakefield, Townton, Barnet, Tewksbury and, of course,
Bosworth, are told along with beautiful photographs to help guide
the reader round these important sites, as well as the dozens of
smaller engagements where the supporters of the Houses of York and
Lancaster fought and died. Here are castles and manor houses
galore, all of which played their part in this protracted struggle
for the throne of England, such as Richard of York's imposing
powerbase of Lulow Castle and the magnificent Tudor stronghold of
Bamburg. These are compared with the scant remains of Fotheringhay
Castle, the birthplace of Richard III - the man whose remains were
so dramatically uncovered in Leicester - and Micklegate Bar, York,
was where Richard's head was placed on a spike. We see the
Clocktower of St Albans and Gabriel' the bell that was rung in 1455
alerting of the Yorkist advance, as well as the Tower of London
where Henry VI met his death and the possible burial place of the
two princes. These, and scores of other places, monuments, plaques,
buildings and battlegrounds, represent not only a journey across
England and Wales, but a journey back in time to the bloody
conflict that was the War of the Roses.
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