The Battle of Tewkesbury was one of the most decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses in England. King Edward IV and his forces loyal to the House of York completely defeated those of the rival House
The battle depicted in a Ghent manuscript
Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire
1868 depiction of the battle, Pictures of English History
Sanctuary by Richard Burchett, 1867, in the Guildhall Art Gallery, London
The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in the following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of armed confrontations, machinations, battles and campaigns fought for control of the English
Battle of Tewkesbury
…The Battle of Tewkesbury (4 May 1471) was one of the most decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses in England. King Edward IV and his forces loyal to the House of York completely defeated those of the rival House of Lancaster. The Lancastrian heir…
Plucking the Red and White Roses, by Henry Payne
Battle of Bosworth by Philip James de Loutherbourg