A Short History of the Wars of the Roses

by David Grummitt

Overview

Kniga posvyashchena odnoj iz samyh dramatichnyh stranic v istorii Anglii — Vojne Aloj i Beloj rozy, serii dinasticheskih vooruzhennyh konfliktov 1455–1485 godov, razvernuvshihsya v hode bor'by za vlast' mezhdu dvumya vetvyami dinastii Plantagenetov — Lankasterov i Jorkov — i zavershivshihsya pobedoj Genriha Tyudora iz bokovoj vetvi Lankasterov, osnovatelya dinastii, kotoraya zatem pravila Angliej svyshe sta let. Rassmatrivaya stol' protivorechivyj istoricheskij period, Devid Grammitt posledovatel'no raskryvaet tochki zreniya sovremennyh istorikov, ispol'zuya mnogochislennye novejshie dannye, v tom chisle poluchennye im samim v hode ego nauchnyh issledovanij. V dostupnoj forme rasskazyvaya ob etom protivostoyanii i delaya obzor posvyashchennyh emu istoricheskih istochnikov, avtor predstavlyaet Vojnu Aloj i Beloj rozy v kontekste lichnostnogo opyta sovremennikov sobytij i pokazyvaet izmeneniya v obshchestve, prichinoj kotoryh ona stala. Kniga, snabzhennaya genealogicheskimi drevami, kartoj, vremennoj shkaloj i obshirnoj, strukturirovannoj po problematikam bibliografiej, budet polezna studentam vysshih uchebnyh zavedenij i ih prepodavatelyam, a takzhe vsem uvlechennym anglijskoj istoriej.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9785389180536
Publisher:	Colibri
Publication date:	06/10/2020
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	3 MB
Language:	Russian

About the Author

David Grummitt is the Head of the School of Humanities at the Canterbury Christ Church University. He is the author of The Calais Garrison: War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558 (2008).

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Introduction: The Wars in History xii

Dramatis Personae xxvii

Timeline xxxvi

Family Trees xl

Part 1 Causes

Chapter 1 The Lancastrian Legacy: England 1399-1449 3

Chapter 2 The Prelude to War: 1449-55 23

Part 2 Course

Chapter 3 First Blood: The Battle of St Albans 1455 and its Aftermath 43

Chapter 4 The Triumph of York: The First War 1459-64 60

Chapter 5 Rebellion and Readeption: The Second War 1469-71 83

Chapter 6 Fortune's Wheel: The Third War 1483-87 103

Part 3 Consequences

Chapter 7 War and Society: The Impact of the Wars 133

Chapter 8 War and Political Culture 156

Epilogue 182

Notes 186

Bibliography 195

Index 206