Medievalists.net » Wars of the Roses http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Road to Richard: The Reburial of the Last Plantagenet http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/the-road-to-richard-the-reburial-of-the-last-plantagenet/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/the-road-to-richard-the-reburial-of-the-last-plantagenet/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:29:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57060 While there have been outcries over the pomp and circumstance surrounding Richard’s extravagant burial, there has also been a renewed sense of pride and upswing in popularity for this much maligned monarch.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/the-road-to-richard-the-reburial-of-the-last-plantagenet/feed/ 0 Quiz: The Battles of the Wars of the Roses http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/19/quiz-the-battles-of-the-wars-of-the-roses/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/19/quiz-the-battles-of-the-wars-of-the-roses/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2015 19:15:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56930 How well do you know your timelines - can you correctly place in order these nine battles from the Wars of the Roses?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/19/quiz-the-battles-of-the-wars-of-the-roses/feed/ 0 Margaret Beaufort, Mother of King Henry VII http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/08/margaret-beaufort-mother-king-henry-vii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/08/margaret-beaufort-mother-king-henry-vii/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2015 16:32:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56673 Margaret Beaufort, Mother of King Henry VII By Susan Abernethy Lady Margaret Beaufort was the matriarch of the Tudor dynasty of Kings in England. Her life was greatly influenced by the turning of the Wheel of Fortune. That she managed to survive the vagaries of the War of Roses in England is something at which […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/08/margaret-beaufort-mother-king-henry-vii/feed/ 0 Cannonball from Wars of the Roses battle discovered http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/18/cannonball-battle-northampton-discovered/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/18/cannonball-battle-northampton-discovered/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:12:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56249 A lead ball, believed to be the oldest cannonball ever found in England, has been discovered on the site of the Battle of Northampton.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/18/cannonball-battle-northampton-discovered/feed/ 0 ‘There is more to the story than this, of course’: Character and Affect in Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/13/story-course-character-affect-philippa-gregorys-white-queen/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/13/story-course-character-affect-philippa-gregorys-white-queen/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:02:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53306 Philippa Gregory has critiqued gendered representations of Elizabeth Woodville and has stated that her 2009 novel The White Queen fictionalises Woodville’s history with the aim of challenging such depictions.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/13/story-course-character-affect-philippa-gregorys-white-queen/feed/ 0 Reflection of the Wars of the Roses in Thomas Malory`s Le Morte D`Arthur: Literary-cultural analysis http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/reflection-wars-roses-thomas-malorys-le-morte-darthur-literary-cultural-analysis/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/reflection-wars-roses-thomas-malorys-le-morte-darthur-literary-cultural-analysis/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:12:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51808 The aim of this research paper is to analyse the Morte D’Arthur and find certain historical moments incorporated in the book. Firstly, as the goal of work follows a hypothesis that Thomas Malory reflected manifold incidents from the Wars of the Roses in the Morte D’Arthur, it was inevitable to understand author’s position in this civil war, which meant investigating in the authorship.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/reflection-wars-roses-thomas-malorys-le-morte-darthur-literary-cultural-analysis/feed/ 0 Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Society launches this month http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/05/bosworth-battlefield-heritage-society-launches-month/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/05/bosworth-battlefield-heritage-society-launches-month/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:48:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51639 This month sees the launch of a new society promoting interest in the Battle of Bosworth, the last major battle of the Wars of the Roses.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/05/bosworth-battlefield-heritage-society-launches-month/feed/ 0 Murder, Alchemy and the Wars of the Roses http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/murder-alchemy-wars-roses/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/murder-alchemy-wars-roses/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2014 18:51:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51399 What follows is a kind of murder mystery, but not a whodunit. The identity of the man who carried out the crime, while indeed a mystery, is probably unknowable and actually unimportant.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/murder-alchemy-wars-roses/feed/ 0 The history of foxglove poisoning, was Edward IV a victim? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/30/history-foxglove-poisoning-edward-iv-victim/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/30/history-foxglove-poisoning-edward-iv-victim/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:41:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49300 The history of foxglove poisoning, was Edward IV a victim? Peter Stride (University of Queensland School of Medicine, Australia) Fiona Winston-Brown (Librarian, Redcliffe Hospital, Australia) Richard III Society: Inc. Vol. 43 No. 1 March (2012) Abstract Edward IV, having been obese, but otherwise apparently in good health, died after an acute illness of only a […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/30/history-foxglove-poisoning-edward-iv-victim/feed/ 0 To be a King: changing concepts of kingship during the reign of Henry VI, 1422-1461 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/26/to-be-a-king-changing-concepts-of-kingship-during-the-reign-of-henry-vi-1422-1461/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/26/to-be-a-king-changing-concepts-of-kingship-during-the-reign-of-henry-vi-1422-1461/#comments Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:37:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47038 The questions we must ask ourselves at this early juncture, considering the nature of the debate, is why this king was able to persevere for so long on the throne despite his infirmities?

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