San Antonio College Library

The War of the Roses have traditionally been seen as the last dying convulsion of the Middle Ages, a marker between the medieval and the modern, and above all as a period of violence, horror and civil disorder. John Gillingham's new book shows that this is a spurious view of the period. His authoritative analysis of fifteenth-century warfare proves that the actual battles of the wars involved far fewer men than has been assumed, and that, apart from...

Contains the five pamphlets with their original title pages: [1] Law is a bottomless-pit -- [2] John Bull in his senses -- [3] John Bull still in his senses -- [4] An appendix to John Bull still in his senses -- [5] Lewis Baboon turned honest, and John Bull politician. Pamphlets [2]-[5] also carry alternative title: Law is a bottomless-pit.

"The Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World provides its users with clear definitions and descriptions of people, events, institutions, ideas, and terminology relating in some significant way to the Elizabethan period. The first dictionary of history to focus exclusively on the reign of Elizabeth I, this volume is also the first to take a broad trans-Atlantic approach to the period by including relevant individuals and terms from Irish, Scottish,...