Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered by Glenn Foard, Anne Curry, Glenn Foard, Anne Curry

Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered
Glenn Foard, Anne Curry, Glenn Foard, Anne Curry
Page: 240
Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
ISBN: 9781789258776
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered

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Overview

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 program 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 Using data from historical documents, landscape archaeology, metal detecting survey, ballistics and scientific analysis, the volume explores each aspect of the investigation – from the size of the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.

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