Towton 1461: England's bloodiest battle

Towton 1461: England's bloodiest battle

Author
Christopher Gravett, Graham Turner
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Language
English
Year
2003.04.20
Page
96
ISBN
9781841765136,1841765139
File Type
pdf
File Size
16.5 MiB

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 (1455-1485). 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

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