Table of Contents
List of Illustrations and Maps vi
List of Abbreviations vii
Biographical Notes ix
Timeline xvi
Preface xviii
Rose of Rouen xxii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 The Art of War in the Fifteenth Century 9
Chapter 2 The House of Lancaster and the Path to Conflict 1400-1455 25
Chapter 3 By the Sword Divided 1455-1460 43
Chapter 4 The Parhelion: Winter 1460-Spring 1461 61
Chapter 5 First Blood 75
Chapter 6 Trial by Battle 93
Chapter 7 Rout 117
Chapter 8 Legacy 126
Chapter 9 The Towton Mass Grave Project 131
Chapter 10 The Battlefield Today 137
Appendix I Glossary 141
Appendix II The Combatants 145
Appendix III The War in the North 1461-1464 147
Appendix IV The Battles of Hedgeley Moor and Hexham 155
Notes 165
Bibliography 176
Index 183
