In purely military terms, the conflict known as the Wars of the Roses properly began in the middle of the fifteenth century during the reign of Henry VI, with the First Battle of St. I'd like to see more authors adopt the convention.In all, an informative book, and the bibliography will help readers who want to study further. There is a list in the appendix of characters listed and cross-referenced by title or surname which is extremely helpful. The quote also points up a flaw in the index: I couldn't find a reference to Orleans either under Louis or under Orleans. had committed adultery with the wife of a knight, who had killed him and who was then supported by Burgundy in getting his revenge." If 'who' refers to the cuckolded knight, and 'him' to Orleans, as I originally supposed, who is it that had the support of Burgundy? If it is the knight, what is the meaning of the word 'then?' The knight would already appear to have gotten his revenge, so how did Burgundy later support him? If Royle means that Burgundy protected the knight from Orleans' avenging followers, that's a somewhat indirect way to say it.
To give an example (p.60), "According to Walsingham, Orleans. I am also disappointed that there are no notes, although there is an extensive bibliography' of course, some readers may consider that to be a plus.I also occasionally found Royle's language a little convoluted: I had to reread sentences to untangle double negatives and antecedents for pronouns. More knew people who probably knew Edward IV, but that's a bit sloppy. While it is not outside of the possible that Edward once patted little Tommy More on the head, More was only five when Edward died.
At one point, he quotes More's description of Edward IV (p.197) and says that More knew him. More's text has some serious problems, none of which are noted by Royle. I am somewhat skeptical of the extent to which he relies on Sir/Saint Thomas More as a source. Royle's tries to be evenhanded and fair to all of the monarchs, listing their faults and virtues, successes and failures as he sees them. Henry VII's reign is not analyzed is full, Royle is concerned chiefly with the last efforts of surviving Yorkist to unseat him, and with Henry and the other Tudors as transitioning to the Renaissance and modernity. Royle's history covers more than the Wars of the Roses proper he starts with the reign of Richard II anc includes all the kings up to Henry VII.
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