Bosworth stands alongside Naseby and Hastings as one of the three most
iconic battles ever fought on English soil. The action on 22 August 1485
brought to an end the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses
and heralded the dawn of the Tudor dynasty. However, Bosworth was also
the most famous lost battlefield in England. Between 2005 and 2010, the
techniques of battlefield archaeology were used in a major research
program to locate the site.
Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered is the result. Using data
from historical documents, landscape archaeology, metal detecting
survey, ballistics and scientific analysis, the volume explores each
aspect of the investigation - from the size of the armies, their
weaponry, and the battlefield terrain to exciting new evidence of the
early use of artillery - in order to identify where and how the fighting
took place. Bosworth 1485 provides a fascinating and intricately
researched new perspective on the event which, perhaps more than any
other, marked the transition between medieval and early modern England.
