Arkeo Blusukan

Battle of Bosworth (Part 1: What) The   Battle of Bosworth Field   (or   Battle of Bosworth ) was the last significant battle of the   Wars of the Roses , the civil war between the   Houses of Lancaster   and   Houses of  York   that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians. Their leader   Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, by his victory became the first English monarch of the   Tudor dynasty. His opponent,   Richard III, the last king of the House of York , was killed in the battle. Historians consider Bosworth Field to mark the end of the   Plantagenet dynasty, making it a defining moment of English and Welsh history. A stained-glass window in St. James Church,  Sutton Cheney , commemorates the Battle of Bosworth and the leaders of the combatants, Richard III (left) and Henry VII (right). Richard's reign began in 1483. At th...