Cover of the book "Lancaster and York, the Wars of the Roses" by Alison Weir. The image is of a hand holding sword, from a medieval painting.
Finally finished this. Life has been getting in the way. A great history as soap opera; long on gossipy detail and character, shorter on the wide angle analysis than perhaps I would have preferred. Cracking read though. #Booksof2026 No2. #AlisonWeir #WarsoftheRoses
Edward of York defeated #HenryVI's army at the Battle of Towton #OnThisDay in 1461, dethroning him & declaring himself King #EdwardIV in the bloodiest battle in the #England's history; the #WarsOfTheRoses would only only end with Richard III's defeat in 1485...
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Dacre's Cross, commemorating the Battle of Towton.
29 March 1461: The battle of Towton - probably the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil.
Edward IV secured the English throne by defeating Henry VI’s Lancastrian forces. #History #WarsOfTheRoses
Margaret of Anjou was born #OnThisDay in 1430
Despite her valiant efforts on their behalf, she would lose both her husband and her son in the dynastic tragedy of the #WarsoftheRoses.
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Ian’s Blog 22nd March 2026
I have started to upload my back catalogue of albums onto the Electric Stage website so that they will be available to purchase in vinyl and CD format.
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Lion Rampant Wars of the Roses game
#Nerdlings #LionRampant #WarsOfTheRoses #Wargames #Wargaming
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West London Free School Medieval History students hear vivid accounts of executions at the Tower of London and visit the resting place of Kings at Westminster Abbey. #WarsoftheRoses
Happy #WorldBookDay! It feels like a good time to remind you that if you haven’t read it already, my biography of Anthony Woodville is available from all good book retailers! #WarsoftheRoses #fifteenthcentury #anthonywoodville
It's part 4 of the Cartoon Chronicles of the Wars of the Roses. Get the whole comic at warsoftherosescomic.com #WarsOfTheRoses
The ten-year-old Richard II is on the throne, but how much power and influence did he actually have? Subscribe to The Cartoon Chronicles of the Wars of the Roses for free via Patreon and get every update direct to your inbox. #comic #WarsOfTheRoses
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King Henry VI
King Edward IV
4 March 1461: Lancastrian King Henry VI was deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then became King Edward IV. #History #WarsOfTheRoses
⚔️Lionel 6th Lord Welles (b. 1406) fought and died at the bloody battle of Towton on Palm Sunday 1461. He was a Lancastrian supporter of Henry VI in the #WarsoftheRoses and his tough likeness in St Oswald’s Church, Methley (Yorks) is allegedly true to life🥀
Front cover of The Royal Hammer by David Field
Pre-order now: getbook.at/TheRoyalHammer
The Magna Carta changes the course of Medieval history...
#HistoricalFiction #MedievalFiction #WarsoftheRoses
“The sanguinary but necessary purgative” Great review in @lrb.co.uk by great Chris Given-Wilson @uniofstandrews.bsky.social of John Watts @ox.ac.uk, who gave the ‘Lydon Lectures’ in 2022 at TCD @historytcd.bsky.social. Yes, before you ask, CGW quote refers to #warsoftheroses not outcome of reading!
‘For me, this is the best book currently available on the period’ (John Simpson, BBC News).
#WarsoftheRoses #Medieval #History
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#OTD
11th February 1503
Elizabeth of York, Queen of England died at the Tower of London.
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#ElizabethofYork #KingHenryVII #HouseofYork #WhiteRoseofYork #WarsoftheRoses #Yorkist #Plantagenet #Tudor #History
New Medieval Books: The Rose, the Bastard and the Saint King: The Murder of Henry VI www.medievalists.net/2026/02/new-... #WarsoftheRoses #England #Books
Check out The Coffee Pot Book Club #BookOfTheWeek:
🏵️SECRET MARRIAGES: Edward IV, Eleanor & Elizabeth by @jpreedman.bsky.social🏵️
Discover an intriguing story of love, secret marriage, and the ultimate betrayal!
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#HistoricalFiction #WarsOfTheRoses
To try and identify the root causes of the Wars of the Roses, we're going back to 1377 and the death of Edward III this week #WarsOfTheRoses
A medieval knight and a maiden standing close together in a garden of red roses
#Coverreveal of my next book, due out in June. Set during the Wars of the Roses, it features a Lancastrian heroine and Yorkist hero and a passionate, centuries-old battle over a beloved manorhouse. More details at: www.lissamorgan.com
#historicalromance #warsoftheroses #harlequinhistorical
London, 1471.
A king is ‘found dead’ in the Tower.
History calls it convenient.
I call it murder.
The siege that decided England’s fate & the brutal end of Henry VI.
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#WarsOfTheRoses
#MedievalHistory
This week I'm excited to start The Wars of the Roses: Power and Personalities with @nicolatallis.bsky.social and @nathenamin.bsky.social! This is my second online course with these fabulous historians! #WarsoftheRoses #Tudors #York #Lancaster #medieval
Free Zoom talk: The Battle of Northampton, 1460. Tuesday, 27 January, 1930 GMT
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I've just really enjoyed Lecture One of this new online course from @nathenamin.bsky.social and @nicolatallis.bsky.social on the Wars of the Roses, and I cannot wait to learn so much more in the coming week...
#history #WarsOfTheRoses
#OTD
18th January 1486
The marriage took place between King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York at Westminster Abbey.
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#KingHenryVII #ElizabethofYork #HouseofLancaster #HouseofYork #RedRose #WhiteRose #WarsofTheRoses #Tudors #History
Wars of the Roses tomfoolery
#Nerdlings #Wargaming #Wargames #LionRampant #WarsOfTheRoses
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30 December 1460: The Battle of Wakefield.
The Duke of York, Richard Plantagenet, was defeated and killed by the Lancastrians. #WarsOfTheRoses #History
Memorable Games of 2025 #10: Bosworth in a castle. I didn’t need to be asked twice to run a Midgard Heroic Battles game in the great hall at Tamworth Castle. History repeated itself and Richard lost - well, you can’t have it all! #wargaming #nerdlings #spreadthelard #miniatures #warsoftheroses
Watching Henry VI and couldn’t think of the phrase “Valois madness” and called it “the French funnies” #shakespeare #henryvi #charlesthemad #warsoftheroses
Lard Magazine 2025 has arrived, including Midgard Heroic Battles scenarios for Bosworth and Fornovo (as played at Posh Lard and Midgard Moot respectively). PDF available here: toofatlardies.co.uk/product/13324/ #miniatures #nerdlings #spreadthelard #wargaming #warsoftheroses
