The Wars of the Roses : a medieval civil war /

"This lively, concise, and accessible 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 nonexperts and will interest general readers, as well as historians more generally&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watts, John (John Lovett), 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Series:James Lydon lectures in medieval history and culture.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The civil wars we think we know : narrativity and politics
  • Reform and the common weal
  • Logics of political division
  • Political economy and civil conflict
  • Geographies of contention
  • Conclusion.