NEW EBOOK - The Battle of Nibley Green, Gloucestershire
On a spring morning in 1470 the peace of Gloucestershire was shattered
by the sounds of battle. The Wars of the Roses had come to this peaceful
corner of southwestern England in spectacular and bloody fashion.
But the battle fought at Nibley Green had very little to do with the
dispute between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. The fate
of the throne was not at issue at Nibley Green, nor were the underlying
social tensions between the ancient landed aristocracy and newly rich
mercantile classes that lurked behind the dynastic dispute. No, the
fight at Nibley Green might have been dressed up as a principled stand
over support for the rightful king (whoever he was) but in reality it
was a brutal affair fought to settle a local dispute between local
aristocrats and local magnates.
Nibley Green has, perhaps rightly, been identified as the last of
the private battles that had been such a feature of medieval England. As
such it reveals much about late medieval socieety, and the ways in
which men went about fighting battles in that bloody era.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Wars of the Roses
Chapter 2 Leaders at Nibley Green
Chapter 3 Men, Weapons and Tactics
Chapter 4 The Battle of Nibley Green
Chapter 5 Aftermath
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Leonard James is an author of military books. He comes from a
military family that has fought in every major war since at least the
Crimean War, and probably before that. His forebears were mostly
cavalrymen, though his father served in the RAF. Leonard has made a
particular study of battlefields in Britain, walking over dozens of them
to get an eye for ground. He has also handled genuine and replica
weapons to better understand the use of pre-modern weapons and the men
who wielded them.
Get your copy HERE
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Thursday, 26 June 2014
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