David Grummitt is the Head of the School of Humanities at the Canterbury Christ Church University. He is the author of The Calais Garrison: War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558 (2008).
发表于2024-11-06
A Short History of the Wars of the Roses 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
说起这英国,我第一时间浮现在脑海里的是繁华瑰丽的宫殿,带着华丽和一丝诡异气息的哥特服饰,当然,还有读书人们都知道的——莎士比亚。 在莎翁的多部剧作(《亨利六世》、《理查三世》、《亨利四世》、《亨利五世》)中,都有一个历史背景的共同点,那就是被公认认为英国尤为...
评分莎士比亚的戏剧作品中,《亨利六世》《理查三世》《亨利四世》《亨利五世》,除了都属于历史剧题材,另外一个共同点则在于,其关注点是民众熟知的所称“玫瑰战争”中的“都铎王朝谜团”之上。所谓“玫瑰战争”(或称蔷薇战争),发生于1450~1485年的期间,被认为是英国尤为错综...
评分说起这英国,我第一时间浮现在脑海里的是繁华瑰丽的宫殿,带着华丽和一丝诡异气息的哥特服饰,当然,还有读书人们都知道的——莎士比亚。 在莎翁的多部剧作(《亨利六世》、《理查三世》、《亨利四世》、《亨利五世》)中,都有一个历史背景的共同点,那就是被公认认为英国尤为...
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The Wars of the Roses (c. 1450-85) are renowned as an infamously savage and tangled slice of English history. A bloody thirty-year struggle between the dynastic houses of Lancaster and York, they embraced localised vendetta (such as the bitter northern feud between the Percies and Nevilles) as well as the formal clash of royalist and rebel armies at St Albans, Ludford Bridge, Mortimer's Cross, Towton, Tewkesbury and finally Bosworth, when the usurping Yorkist king Richard was crushed by Henry Tudor. Powerful personalities dominate the period: the charismatic and enigmatic Richard III, immortalized by Shakespeare; the slippery Warwick, 'the kingmaker', who finally over-reached ambition to be cut down at the battle of Barnet; and guileful women like Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret of Anjou, who for a time ruled the kingdom in her husband's stead. David Grummitt places the violent events of this complex time in the wider context of fifteenth-century kingship and the development of English political culture. Never losing sight of the traumatic impact of war on the lives of those who either fought in or were touched by battle, this captivating new history will make compelling reading for students of the late medieval period and Tudor England, as well as for general readers.
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'David Grummitt provides the best overview to date of this bewildering conflict... Highly recommended.'
--Desmond Seward, BBC History Magazine
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David Grummitt has succeeded triumphantly in writing a refreshing and multi-layered book. It will engage the general reader (and the writer of fiction and non-fiction too!), the student who needs a clear, up-to-date and informative guide, as well as those already acquainted with the Wars of the Roses - including Dr Grummitt s fellow historians. In comparing the campaigns of 1459-64, 1469-71 and 1483-7 between Lancaster and York, David Grummitt offers vivid and often fresh judgments on the characters and failings of kings, most notably Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III, and those nobles ? Richard of York, Warwick the Kingmaker and the duke of Buckingham ? whose intrigues promoted the struggles. He deftly weaves the results of recent research (some of it his own) into the discussion. In a particularly elegant chapter, he takes the story beyond high politics to locate the commons of shire and town within the political nation and with a shared responsibility for the commonweal . As a notable historian of 15th- and early 16th-century England, Dr Grummitt writes with mature confidence and a pellucid style. He is robust and challenging without being opinionated: he values the opinions of other historians and likes a controversy, thereby helping his readers to come to their own conclusions. To this end, the book is thoughtfully structured: its substantial Dramatis Personae, three royal and noble Family Trees and an authoritative Bibliography linked to each chapter make this book a valuable work of reference as well as a compelling and stimulating read.
--Ralph A Griffiths, OBE, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Swansea University
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David Grummitt's book provides clear guidance to a complex, debated and confusing chain of events. It is the new academic narrative that is long overdue. That it presents the complex chronology clearly and succinctly will be particularly appreciated by students. Grummitt cuts through the succession of events and hordes of personalities to the key turning points and issues. The principal characters are brought to life and made understandable. Rather than sitting on the fence, Grummitt provides reasoned discussions and assessments, justifying Richard Duke of York s actions in the 1450s and Richard III s usurpation on terms that the characters themselves would have understood. The international dimensions of the Wars are a particular strength. Telling use is made of contemporary quotations. A useful bibliography to further reading is provided.
--Michael Hicks, Professor of History, University of Winchester
A Short History of the Wars of the Roses 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书