Blood Roses: The Houses of Lancaster and York Before the Wars of the Roses

by Kathryn Warner

Overview

The Wars of the Roses didn’t start on the battlefield: Blood Roses traces it back to the beginning.Starting in 1245 with the founding of the House of Lancaster, Kathryn Warner follows a twisted path of political intrigue, bloody war and fascinating characters over 200 years. From the Barons’ Wars to the overthrowing of Edward II, Eleanor of Castile to Isabella of France, and true love to Loveday, Blood Roses reframes some of the biggest events of the medieval era – not as stand-alone conflicts, but as part of a long-running family feud that would have drastic consequences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750994859
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	09/01/2021
Edition description:	Second Edition,New edition
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	550,325
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Kathryn Warner has been an expert on the reign of Edward II for more than ten years and is recognised as one of the country’s leading medieval historians. Long Live the King: The Mysterious Fate of Edward II, her previous book for The History Press, challenged the historical orthodoxy around Edward’s death. She writes on edwardthesecond.blogspot.com.

Table of Contents

Genealogical Tables 7

Introduction 19

Part I 1245-96

1 Not the King of Sicily 27

2 Royal Connections 36

3 Baronial Wars 42

4 The First Lancaster 48

5 The King's Brother 55

6 Marital Arrangements 63

7 Deaths of Two Queens 71

8 War with France 78

Part II 1296-1330

9 The Second Earl of Lancaster 87

10 Conflict with the King 98

11 End of a Marriage 103

12 Feuding and Rebellion 111

13 Not the Third Earl of Lancaster 119

14 The Lancaster Family 129

15 Things Go Wrong Again 135

Part III 1330-62

16 The Rise and Rise of the Lancasters 155

17 On the Continent 162

18 John of Gaunt and Edmund of Langley 169

19 Shabby Treatment 177

20 The Fourth Earl of Lancaster 184

21 Holy Medicines 196

22 Death of a Duke 203

Part IV 1362-1400

23 Birth of an Heir 217

24 The New Duchess of Lancaster 224

25 The Child King 234

26 The First Duke of York 242

27 A Second Solomon 251

28 Another Deposition 258

Epilogue: 1400-22 265

Abbreviations in Notes and Bibliography 274

Notes 276

Select Bibliography 304

Index 313