NK - FW: Blood Red Roses

[Niewoehner, Hugh]

Sorry for the drive by posting.  But, this was too cool not to pass on.

	Damon from off-list.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Finnvarr de Taahe [mailto:finnvarr at EALDORMERE.SCA.ORG]
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 9:26 AM
> Subject: Blood Red Roses
> 
> 
> One editor of the book on the Battle of Towton remains has 
> just sent me
> the ordering information for the book, which is coming out in December
> (she hopes -- can't trust those publishers).
> 
> Forthcoming from Oxbow Books
> Blood Red Roses
> The Archaeology of a Mass Grave from the
> Battle of Towton AD 1461
> 
> Edited by Veronica Fiorato, Anthea Boylston
> And Christopher Knüsel
> With a foreword by Robert Hardy
> 
> In 1996 a mass grave believed to be from the Battle of Towton was
> discovered by chance. This provided the opportunity for the first
> archaeological excavation of a mass grave from an English battlefield
> and was the catalyst for a multi-disciplinary research project,
> beginning with the excavation of the grave, and then a study of the
> skeletal remains, the battlefield landscape, the historical 
> evidence and
> 
> contemporary arms and armour. The discoveries were dramatic 
> and moving;
> the individuals had clearly suffered traumatic deaths and subsequent
> research highlighted the often multiple wounds each individual had
> received before, and in some cases after, they had died.  The exciting
> forensic work was documented in the Channel Four programme in 
> the series
> 
> Secrets of the Dead.  An important and controversial question that
> emerged was whether the soldiers had been killed in battle, 
> or executed
> as prisoners in its aftermath.  This volume publishes the excavation
> reports and subsequent research, revealing much information about how
> and in what circumstances the men died and the fighting techniques and
> weapons and armour employed. Also discussed are the wider implications
> of the discovery, both in terms of increasing our knowledge and
> understanding of what happened at Towton, and what it 
> contributes to our
> 
> knowledge of Medieval warfare.
> 
>  Contents: Site discovery, context and excavation: The context of the
> discovery (Veronica Fiorato); The historical background to the battle
> and the documentary evidence (Andrew Boardman); The 
> excavation and finds
> 
> (Andrea Burgess); Recording the grave (Tim Sutherland); The Human
> Remains: The physical anthropology (Anthea Boylston, Malin Holst and
> Jennifer Coughlan); Health status (Jennifer Coughlan and Malin Holst);
> Dental health and disease (Malin Holst and Jennifer Coughlan);
> Battle-related trauma (Shannon Novak); Arms and Armour of the 
> Fifteenth
> Century: Weapons (Graeme Rimer), Archery (John Waller), Armour (Thom
> Richardson), Combat techniques (John Waller); The Wider 
> Implications of
> the Discovery: The archaeological investigation of the 
> battlefield (Tim
> Sutherland); How has the Towton project contributed to our 
> knowledge of
> medieval warfare? (Christopher Knusel and Anther Boylston); 
> Battlefield
> protection and the current extent of archaeological research (Veronica
> Fiorato).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Published December 2000 in hardback, Priced £30
> 
> ORDER FORM. SEND TO: Oxbow Books, Park End Place, Oxford, OX1 1HN
> Tel: 01865 241249; Fax: 01865 794449; email: oxbow at oxbowbooks.com
> 
> Please record an order for .......copies of Blood Red Roses and send it to
> me on publication (expected Dec 2000)
> 
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> will be charged postage at actual cost
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