- Taschenbuch: 288 Seiten
- Verlag: Orion Publishing Group; Auflage: New edition (18. Januar 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1842122746
- ISBN-13: 978-1842122747
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,6 x 15,5 x 3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.878.859 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Frequently remembered as a period of military history which both saw the French beat the English and then the English fight amongst themselves, traditional military historians have tended to pass over the period hastily, regarding it as an episode that wrecked England's military greatness. John Gillingham's highly readable history separates the myth from the reality. He argues that, paradoxically, the Wars of the Roses demonstrate how peaceful England in fact was. From the accession of the infant Henry VI to the thrones of England and France in 1422 to the accession of Henry VII following the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, Gillingham uses his gift for graphic description (particularly with his exciting account of the 1471 campaign) to great effect. He is also good at placing the warfare within its European context, especially in showing the problems encountered in conducting a civil war within a normally peaceful country.
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Frequently remembered as a period of military history which both saw the French beat the English and then the English fight amongst themselves, traditional military historians have tended to pass over the period hastily, regarding it as an episode that wrecked England's military greatness. John Gillingham's highly readable history separates the myth from the reality. He argues that, paradoxically, the Wars of the Roses demonstrate how peaceful England in fact was. From the accession of the infant Henry VI to the thrones of England and France in 1422 to the accession of Henry VII following the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, Gillingham uses his gift for graphic description (particularly with his exciting account of the 1471 campaign) to great effect. He is also good at placing the warfare within its European context, especially in showing the problems encountered in conducting a civil war within a normally peaceful country.
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In "The Wars Of The Roses", John Gillingham gives the reader a good introduction to this storied generation of turmoil. Although most people's understanding of the Wars of the Roses is gleaned from Shakespeare, Gillingham points out the truth is often less dramatic. Despite their reputation for causing major upheavals tin English society, the wars are shown as being relatively limited struggles involving comparatively small numbers of troops. Gillingham points out that the touted extinction of noble houses during the wars occurred at a rate comparable to peaceful eras of the same centuries. He also explains how the prevailing architecture shows England to have been a more peaceful land than its continental contemporaries. As the struggle was over personal rights to the throne, it ended with little residual division and bitterness as often result from civil wars based on economic or ideological rivalries.
Through much of the book kings, dukes and lesser nobility race by at dizzying speeds, making the personae dramatae difficult to follow.
I suspect that this book would be more edifying to one better versed in English medieval history than me. Even with my limitations, I emerged from the reading of this book with a better understanding of the England of that age. For this, if for no other reason, it is a worthwhile read.
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14. August 2009
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This is unquestionably the best book I have read on the history of the wars of the "roses."
It makes for even more interesting reading dovetailing Gillingham's history of the wars with Shakespeare's history of the wars as told in the three plays of Henry VI and Richard III.
Buy this book for pennies from other resellers and enjoy it on your next cross-Atlantic flight to London.
It makes for even more interesting reading dovetailing Gillingham's history of the wars with Shakespeare's history of the wars as told in the three plays of Henry VI and Richard III.
Buy this book for pennies from other resellers and enjoy it on your next cross-Atlantic flight to London.
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