The Wars of the Roses
A Medieval Civil War
Seiten
2025
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-42216-1 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-42216-1 (ISBN)
This concise and interpretative book digs under the surface of events of the Wars of the Roses to explore the underlying dynamics of a typical civil war. Based on a series of lectures, it includes aids for non-experts and will interest general readers, as well as historians more generally.
This concise and interpretative book digs under the surface events of the Wars of the Roses to explore the underlying dynamics of a typical civil war. Beginning with a demonstration of why the well-worn storylines of the Wars are so misleading, it moves on to expose the pressure for reform that animated the conflict and helped to shape its outcomes. It continues by looking at the logics of division and the reasons why the Wars, once started, were so hard to resolve. It concludes by returning to debates long discussed by historians: the role of the economy in the conflict, and the interaction between English affairs and the politics of the British Isles and the near continent. Throughout, a central concern is to emphasise the fluidity and uncertainty of these civil wars: once authority broke down, anything could happen.
This concise and interpretative book digs under the surface events of the Wars of the Roses to explore the underlying dynamics of a typical civil war. Beginning with a demonstration of why the well-worn storylines of the Wars are so misleading, it moves on to expose the pressure for reform that animated the conflict and helped to shape its outcomes. It continues by looking at the logics of division and the reasons why the Wars, once started, were so hard to resolve. It concludes by returning to debates long discussed by historians: the role of the economy in the conflict, and the interaction between English affairs and the politics of the British Isles and the near continent. Throughout, a central concern is to emphasise the fluidity and uncertainty of these civil wars: once authority broke down, anything could happen.
John Watts is Professor of Later Medieval History at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford. He is the author of several books and articles on the politics and political culture of later medieval England and Europe, including Henry VI and the Politics of Kingship (1996), and The Making of Polities: Europe, 1300–1500 (2009).
Acknowledgements and Note on Text; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The civil wars we think we know: narrativity and politics; 2. Reform and the common weal; 3. Logics of political division; 4. Political economy and civil conflict; 5. Geographies of contention; Conclusion; Maps; The royal family tree Dramatis Personae; Chronology of the wars; Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The James Lydon Lectures in Medieval History and Culture |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises; 5 Tables, black and white; 4 Maps; 2 Line drawings, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 151 x 223 mm |
| Gewicht | 530 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-42216-2 / 1009422162 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-42216-1 / 9781009422161 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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