The Wars of the Roses: The Soldiers' Experience

by Anthony Goodman

Historians have researched extensively the motives and fortunes of kings, nobles, and gentlemen in the Wars of the Roses, that bewildering sequence of rebellions fought between 1455 and 1485. The shadows cast by the awesome puppet masters of the Wars, like Richard of York, Warwick the Kingmaker, or Richard III, add to the mist which swirls around the mass of participants. What sort of people were the soldiers? Why did they repeatedly buckle and saddle up for combat? What hopes and fears kept them awake, lying under the stars?

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

288 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2005

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

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love reading about history but most of what we learn is about the kings queens and the religious leaders. This account has those people but it also includes the normal soldiers and their families. Those are the people who we are descended from. These are the people I want to know more about . thank you Anthony Goodman.