Shrewsbury 1403
eBook - ePub

Shrewsbury 1403

Struggle for a Fragile Crown

  1. 96 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Shrewsbury 1403

Struggle for a Fragile Crown

About this book

The battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 is one of the most important battles in English history. King Henry IV faced his erstwhile ally Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland in a bloody contest on a field outside the Shropshire town of Shrewsbury where two English armies, well-matched, and fighting with similar equipment and tactics, struggled in an archery duel in which the arrows 'fell like leaves in Autumn', before the battle was ultimately decided in close quarter hand-to-hand combat. With his victory, Henry IV secured the Lancastrian hold on the kingdom and demonstrated the right of his bloodline to the throne. Using full colour artwork and specially commissioned battlefield maps and illustrations, this is the fascinating story of the battle without which the reign of Henry V, his wars and glorious victories against the French, and the later disastrous reign of Henry VI and subsequent Wars of the Roses could not have happened.

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Information

Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781472826800
eBook ISBN
9781472826794
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Origins of the campaign
  5. Chronology
  6. Opposing commanders
  7. Opposing forces
  8. Opposing plans
  9. The campaign
  10. The battle
  11. The aftermath
  12. The battlefield today
  13. Bibliography
  14. eCopyright