Tewkesbury Abbey
Tewkesbury Abbey

Author: Richard K. Morris

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9781904396031

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This collection of twenty-two illustrated essays celebrates the 900th anniversary of the foundation of Tewkesbury Abbey in 1102 and forms a comprehensive overview of the history of the abbey, its architecture and its many artworks. Contributors discuss the early years of the abbey, its illustrious patrons, such as the de Clares and the Despensers, the identity of the bones in the Clarence Vault, the Benedictine foundation and the Gothic architecture. Further chapters discuss the later medieval additions, the stained glass, floor tiles, the bells, organs and churchyard monuments and recent archaeological investigations.

The Battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury
The Battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury

Author: P. W. Hammond

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9780312103248

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This book traces the eventful years 1469 to 1471, which ended with the deaths of the powerful Warwick the Kingmaker and the Lancastrian heir Prince Edward.

Towton 1461
Towton 1461

Author: Andrew Boardman

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2022-03-03

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 075099987X

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Palm Sunday 1461 was the date of a ruthless and bitterly contested battle, fought by two massive medieval armies on an exposed Yorkshire plateau for the prize of the crown of England. This singular engagement of the Wars of the Roses has acquired the auspicious title of the longest, biggest and bloodiest battle ever fought on British soil. But what drove the contending armies of York and Lancaster to fight at Towton and what is the truth behind the legends about this terrible encounter, where contemporaries record that the rivers ran red with blood? Andrew Boardman answers these questions and many more in the new updated edition of his classic account of Towton which provides a fascinating insight into the reality of the battlefield. The Battle of Towton is illustrated throughout with contemporary illustrations, modern photographs and specially drawn maps.