Medievalists.net » The Battle of Towton http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Fatal Colours: Towton 1461 – England’s Most Brutal Battle http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/22/fatal-colours-towton-1461-englands-most-brutal-battle/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/22/fatal-colours-towton-1461-englands-most-brutal-battle/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:14:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34998 The battle of Towton in 1461 was unique in its ferocity and brutality, as the armies of two kings of England engaged with murderous weaponry and in appalling conditions to conclude the first War of the Roses

The post Fatal Colours: Towton 1461 – England’s Most Brutal Battle appeared first on Medievalists.net.

]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/22/fatal-colours-towton-1461-englands-most-brutal-battle/feed/ 0 Killing Time: Challenging the Common Perceptions of Three Medieval Conflicts—Ferrybridge, Dintingdale and Towton—”The Largest Battle on British Soil” http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/13/killing-time-challenging-the-common-perceptions-of-three-medieval-conflicts%e2%80%94ferrybridge-dintingdale-and-towton%e2%80%94the-largest-battle-on-british-soil/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/13/killing-time-challenging-the-common-perceptions-of-three-medieval-conflicts%e2%80%94ferrybridge-dintingdale-and-towton%e2%80%94the-largest-battle-on-british-soil/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:31:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27913 How the three conflicts have been perceived since 29 March 1461 is crucial to our understanding of, quite literally, how times have changed

The post Killing Time: Challenging the Common Perceptions of Three Medieval Conflicts—Ferrybridge, Dintingdale and Towton—”The Largest Battle on British Soil” appeared first on Medievalists.net.

]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/13/killing-time-challenging-the-common-perceptions-of-three-medieval-conflicts%e2%80%94ferrybridge-dintingdale-and-towton%e2%80%94the-largest-battle-on-british-soil/feed/ 0