nation in Conflict - The Battle of Towton
Posted on Thursday 28th March 2013




Further Reading
Towton
(Hardback - 224 pages)
ISBN: 9781844159659
by John Sadler
Only £19.99
The battle at Towton in Yorkshire on 29 March 1461 was the largest, longest fought and bloodiest day in English medieval history. In terms of the number of troops involved, the ruthlessness of the fighting, the quantity of casualties and the decisive nature of its outcome, Towton stands out from the long sequence of battles fought for control of England in the fifteenth century. This bitter contest of arms was a turning point in the Wars of the Roses and - as a result of the discoveries of modern archaeological…
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