The Battle of Bosworth Field
From History Notes by Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective
December 16, 2025 · 8 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the Battle of Bosworth Field, a pivotal conflict in the Wars of the Roses.
The Battle of Bosworth Field was one of the last majorbattles of the Wars of the Roses, a decades-long conflict between the House of York and the House of Lancaster over claims to the English throne. Written and narrated by Hannah Keller. Video production byHannah Keller, Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle, and Laura Seeger. A transcript is available at https://origins.osu.edu/read/battle-bosworth-field . Learn More: Carpenter, Christine. The Wars of the Roses: Politics and the Constitution in England, c. 1437-1509 . Cambridge University Press, 1997. Foard, Glenn and Anne Curry. Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered . Oxbow Books, 2013. Hicks, Michael. The Wars of the Roses . Yale University Press, 2010. Jones, Dan. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors . Penguin Books, 2015. Jones, Michael. Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle . Tempus, 2002. Langley, Philippa. The Princes in the Tower: How History’s Greatest Cold Case Was Solved . Pegasus Books, 2023. Pollard, A.J. The Wars of the Roses . Palgrave Macmillan, 2001. This is a production of Origins: Current Events inHistorical Perspective at the Goldberg Center in the Department of History at…
People in this episode
Host: Hannah Keller
Topics covered
- Wars of the Roses
- English history
- Battle of Bosworth Field
- House of York
- House of Lancaster
- English throne
Keywords
- Bosworth Field
- Wars of the Roses
- Hannah Keller
- English history
- House of York
- House of Lancaster
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, The Ohio State University, Miami University
Books & works: The Wars of the Roses: Politics and the Constitution in England, c. 1437-1509, Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered, The Wars of the Roses, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors, Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle, The Princes in the Tower: How History’s Greatest Cold Case Was Solved
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