Encyclopedia of the Wars of the RosesDuring the second half of the fifteenth century, a complex and violent struggle for the English throne erupted between the houses of Lancaster and York. Wagner's encyclopedia skilfully dissects the period and provides hundreds of essay-length entries, alphabetically arranged, to assist readers and researchers find the information they require about this seminal and bloody period of English history. |
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A Beaufort Henry Duke of Somerset | 1 |
Armies Recruitment of 6 BerwickonTweed 28 | 9 |
B Booth Lawrence Archbishop of York | 15 |
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