Blood Roses
The Houses of Lancaster and York Before the Wars of the Roses
2nd Edition
Published on 8. October 2018
320 pages
978-0-7509-9020-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Wars of the Roses didn't start on the battlefield: Blood Roses traces it back to the beginning.
Starting in 1245 with the founding of the House of Lancaster, Kathryn Warner follows a twisted path of political intrigue, bloody war and fascinating characters over 200 years. From the Barons' Wars to the overthrowing of Edward II, Eleanor of Castile to Isabella of France, and true love to Loveday, Blood Roses reframes some of the biggest events of the medieval era - not as stand-alone conflicts, but as part of a long-running family feud that would have drastic consequences.
Starting in 1245 with the founding of the House of Lancaster, Kathryn Warner follows a twisted path of political intrigue, bloody war and fascinating characters over 200 years. From the Barons' Wars to the overthrowing of Edward II, Eleanor of Castile to Isabella of France, and true love to Loveday, Blood Roses reframes some of the biggest events of the medieval era - not as stand-alone conflicts, but as part of a long-running family feud that would have drastic consequences.
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Edition
2nd Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Illustrations
8 Plates, color; 20 Illustrations, color
File size
8,02 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-9020-2 (9780750990202)
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Person
KATHRYN WARNER has been a recognised expert on the reign of Edward II (1307-27) for more than ten years. She works part-time as an English teacher, and carries out historical research on the fourteenth century. She gives lectures about Edward, his life and reign and possible survival after 1327, in the UK and in Italy.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Genealogical Tables
- Introduction
- Part I: 1245-96
- 1. Not the King of Sicily
- 2. Royal Connections
- 3. Baronial Wars
- 4. The First Lancaster
- 5. The King's Brother
- 6. Marital Arrangements
- 7. Deaths of Two Queens
- 8. War with France
- Part II: 1296-1330
- 9. The Second Earl of Lancaster
- 10. Conflict with the King
- 11. End of a Marriage
- 12. Feuding and Rebellion
- 13. Not the Third Earl of Lancaster
- 14. The Lancaster Family
- 15. Things Go Wrong Again
- Part III: 1330-62
- 16. The Rise and Rise of the Lancasters
- 17. On the Continent
- 18. John of Gaunt and Edmund of Langley
- 19. Shabby Treatment
- 20. The Fourth Earl of Lancaster
- 21. Holy Medicines
- 22. Death of a Duke
- Part IV: 1362-1400
- 23. Birth of an Heir
- 24. The New Duchess of Lancaster
- 25. The Child King
- 26. The First Duke of York
- 27. A Second Solomon
- 28. Another Deposition
- Epilogue: 1400-22
- Abbreviations in Notes and Bibliography
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Picture Section
