Anthony Pollard

The Making of the Wars of the Roses

Anthony Pollard visits the History Today archive to examine Alan Rogers’ claim that a lack of principle among rival lords resulted in the great conflagration of 15th-century England.

Published June 9 2010

The Battle of St Albans, 1455

Anthony Pollard, on the 550th anniversary of the battle of St Albans, describes what happened, and asks whether the battle should rightly be seen as the launch of the Wars of the Roses.

Published April 20 2005

Percies, Nevilles and the Wars of the Roses

Anthony Pollard explains how the rivalry of two great Northern families contributed to civil war in fifteenth-century England.

Published August 31 1993

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Lords of the Northern Forest

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.