Tag Archives: Wars of the Roses

A Description of English Soldiers during the Wars of the Roses

by DRM_peter Posted on March 21, 2025

The Italian scholar Dominic Mancini spent the first half of 1483 in England, likely on a diplomatic mission to gather intelligence for the French court. In December of that year, he completed his report, De Occupatione Regni Anglie Per Riccardum … Continue reading →

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Espionage and Intelligence from the Wars of the Roses to the Reformation

by Sandra Alvarez Posted on November 1, 2013

Espionage and Intelligence from the Wars of the Roses to the Reformation Ian Arthurson Nottingham Medieval Studies v.35 (1991) Abstract In the period between the Wars of the Roses and the Refonnation spies were used in foreign and military-affairs and … Continue reading →

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Bell, et al., The Soldier Experience in the Fourteenth Century (Boydell & Brewer, 2011) — Ditcham

by DRM_admin Posted on May 12, 2012

Adrian R Bell, Anne Curry, Adam Chapman, Andy King, and David Simpkin (eds)  The Soldier Experience in the Fourteenth Century  Warfare in History 36 (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2011).  232pp.   $90/£50.  ISBN 9781843836742. A common criticism of multi-authored publications of … Continue reading →

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