The Battle of Nibley Green
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On a spring morning in 1470 the peace of Gloucestershire was shattered by the sounds of battle. The Wars of the Roses had come to this peaceful corner of southwestern England in spectacular and bloody fashion.
But the battle fought at Nibley Green had very little to do with the dispute between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. The fate of the throne was not at issue at Nibley Green, nor were the underlying social tensions between the ancient landed aristocracy and newly rich mercantile classes that lurked behind the dynastic dispute. No, the fight at Nibley Green might have been dressed up as a principled stand over support for the rightful king (whoever he was) but in reality it was a brutal affair fought to settle a local dispute between local aristocrats and local magnates.
Nibley Green has, perhaps rightly, been identified as the last of the private battles that had been such a feature of medieval England. As such it reveals much about late medieval socieety, and the ways in which men went about fighting battles in that bloody era.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Wars of the Roses
Chapter 2 Leaders at Nibley Green
Chapter 3 Men, Weapons and Tactics
Chapter 4 The Battle of Nibley Green
Chapter 5 Aftermath
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Leonard James is an author of military books. He comes from a military family that has fought in every major war since at least the Crimean War, and probably before that. His forebears were mostly cavalrymen, though his father served in the RAF. Leonard has made a particular study of battlefields in Britain, walking over dozens of them to get an eye for ground. He has also handled genuine and replica weapons to better understand the use of pre-modern weapons and the men who wielded them.
Gloucestershire, wars of the roses, edward iv, henry vi, earl of warwick, england, 15th century
Leonard James
About the AuthorLeonard James is the son of an RAF veteran who fought in the Battle of Britain until wounded. Leonard grew up in a household dominated the RAF, and later married the daughter of an RAF squadron leader.
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The Battle of Nibley Green - Leonard James
Bretwalda Battles
The Wars of the Roses
The Battle of Nibley Green 1469
by Leonard James
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First Published 2014
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ISBN 978-1-909698-92-5
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Wars of the Roses
Chapter 2 Leaders at Nibley Green
Chapter 3 Men, Weapons and Tactics
Chapter 4 The Battle of Nibley Green
Chapter 5 Aftermath
Acknowledgements
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Introduction
On a spring morning in 1470 the peace of Gloucestershire was shattered by the sounds of battle. The Wars of the Roses had come to this peaceful corner of southwestern England in spectacular and bloody fashion.
But the battle fought at Nibley Green had very little to do with the dispute between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. The fate of the throne was not at issue at Nibley Green, nor were the underlying social tensions between the ancient landed aristocracy and newly rich mercantile classes that lurked behind the dynastic dispute. No, the fight at Nibley Green might have been dressed up as a principled stand over support for the rightful king (whoever he was) but in reality it was a brutal affair fought to settle a local dispute between local aristocrats and local magnates.
Nibley Green has, perhaps rightly, been identified as the last of the private battles that had been such a feature of medieval England. As such it reveals much about late medieval society, and the ways in which men went about fighting