Stoke Field : The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses

by Baldwin, David

• ISBN13: 9781844151660
• ISBN10: 1844151662
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-01
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books

Summary

The Battle of Stoke, the last and most neglected armed clash of the Wars of the Roses, is one of history's great might-have-beens. The forces of the first Tudor king Henry VII confronted the rebel army of the pretender Lambert Simnel and his commander the Earl of Lincoln. Henry's victory over the Yorkists was decisive - it confirmed the crown to the House of Tudor for more than a century. David Baldwin's fascinating and meticulously researched study of the battle gives a keen insight into the opposing armies, their commanders, and the bloody dynastic politics of the period.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
List of Maps	p. ix
List of Plates	p. xi
Genealogical Table	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Acknowledgements	p. xvii
Prelude to Conflict: The Wars of the Roses	p. 1
The Lambert Simnel Conspiracy	p. 15
National Politics and Local Rivalries	p. 29
Alarums and Excursions	p. 39
Trial by Combat	p. 53
When the Dust Settled	p. 71
The Disappearance of Lord Lovel	p. 83
A Yorkist Victory?	p. 95
The Battlefield Today	p. 105
How Do We Know?	p. 111
	p. 123
	p. 127
	p. 131
	p. 133
Notes & References	p. 135
Select Bibliography	p. 153
Index	p. 159
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