Forgotten Women of the Wars of the Roses: READING, BERKSHIRE

Join me as we discover some of the women who lived in the town of Reading, Berkshire during the Wars of the Roses. From a draper's wife who lived near the location of one of the most important events of the conflict in 1464, to the wife of a Marshall of Henry VI's court. Find out more in my book, Forgotten Women of the Wars of the Roses, published by Pen and Sword Books: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Forgo... Music and Image Credits: Hero's Theme by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/280/h... Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org Picture credits, in order of appearance: Knight and Lady, Master ES – National Gallery of Art PD Woman wearing scarf – National Gallery of Art PD Reading landscape – British Library-Wikimedia Commons PD Monks – Met Museum, PD Henry VI – Wikimedia Commons, PD Edward IV – Yale Center for British Art, PD Richard III – Wikimedia Commons, PD Henry VII – Met Museum, PD Artist’s impression of Reading Abbey – Jo Romero Edward IV – Yale Center for British Art, PD The Marriage of Edward IV – Wikimedia Commons, PD Richard Neville Earl of Warwick: John Rous, Wikimedia Commons, PD Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville – Wikimedia Commons, PD Elizabeth Woodville – Austrian National Library, PD Knights on horseback – 1901, Wikimedia Commons, PD Boswirth Field by James Doyle – Wikimedia Commons, PD Battle of Barnet – Wikimedia Commons, PD William and Isabella More brass – Jo Romero William and Isabella More Artist’s Impression – Jo Romero