Wars of the Roses: Military Activity and English Society 1452-1497

by Anthony Goodman

Book by Goodman, Anthony

Genres: History, Medieval, British Literature, Military History, Medieval History

304 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1981

About the author

Anthony Goodman (1936-2016) was an English professor emeritus of medieval and renaissance history at the University of Edinburgh. His main field of interest was late medieval England, and he published books on subjects such as John of Gaunt and the Wars of the Roses.

See also Anthony A. Goodman for the author of The Shadow of God

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you're interested in good coverage of the military aspects of the wars of the roses, this book gives pretty good coverage of battles, casualties, and results in its first two thirds and of the physical realities of the wars (equipment, supply, etc.) in the last third. It's a little dry, but it's well researched fills in the blanks left unexplored by Alison Weir's "The Wars of the Roses".