IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 731: Empire, Battle, and Politics: Surviving the Wars of the Roses
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | History Lab, Institute of Historical Research, University of London |
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| Organiser: | Claire Trenery, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Moderator/Chair: | Daniel F. Gosling, School of History, University of Leeds |
| Paper 731-a | Dona et Exennia: Municipal Favours and the Yorkist Ruling Elite (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Military History, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 731-b | 'They shot guns both fell and far': Gunpowder Weapons and the Battle of Bosworth (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Historiography - Medieval, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Military History |
| Paper 731-c | A Knight of Three Roses: The Career of Sir Richard Tunstall (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Military History, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Focusing on the turbulent period of English history known as the Wars of the Roses, this session examines tools employed as a means to political, military, and personal power. An exploration of concepts of power, real and imagined, determines how military tactics, from Edward IV's much-anticipated invasion of Castile to artillery at Bosworth Field, were used as instruments of victory. Richard Tunstall's successful navigation of the reigns of five kings is particularly illustrative of the political and military tactics necessary for survival and prosperity at a time where England strove for empire whilst failing to maintain a stable domestic monarchy. |