History of War

RICHARD III’S LAST STAND

hisofwaruk1804_article_022_01_01
hisofwaruk1804_article_022_01_02
hisofwaruk1804_article_022_01_03
hisofwaruk1804_article_022_01_04
hisofwaruk1804_article_022_01_05
hisofwaruk1804_article_022_01_06

“ACCOUNTS OF HIS ISOLATED LAST STAND WERE SEEMINGLY CONFIRMED BY THE INJURIES ON HIS SKELETON”

22 August 1485 the course of English history changed forever at the Battle of Bosworth in Leicestershire. The battlefield death of Richard III was the end of many things: he was the last Yorkist and Plantagenet king and the final English monarch to be killed in battle. Although Stoke Field was the last major battle of the Wars of the Roses, Bosworth was the decisive blow that permanently crippled the Yorkist cause and catapulted the Tudors to power under

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from History of War

History of War1 min readInternational Relations
The Possibility
Had Spain joined the war, the British defenders of Gibraltar would have been in an impossible position and soon would have lost control. The Strait of Gibraltar would have closed, cutting off the British Army in the Middle East. Now isolated from the
History of War3 min read
RED & WHITE TERROR
Fresh from the embarrassment of the Varkiza Agreement, and the disbanding of ELAS, many communists who still believed in the goal of a communist Greece retreated to the EAM and ELAS strongholds in the Greek mountains. Without a centralising force, th
History of War7 min read
Aryan Racers the National Socialist Motor Corps
Motor racing was one of the glamour sports of the 1930s and German drivers were at the forefront of the pinnacle of the sport, the Grand Prix. Rudolf Caracciola won a trio of driver’s championships in 1935, 1937 and 1938 while Bernd Rosemeyer cemente

Related