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Battle of Towton
1461 CE · England
Quick Facts
- Year
- 1461 CE
- Location
- England
- Era
- 🏰 Medieval Europe
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Fought in a blinding snowstorm near the village of Towton in Yorkshire, this was the bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil, with estimates of up to 28,000 killed. The Yorkists used the driving snow to their advantage, as Lancastrian archers fired into the wind and fell short. Edward of York's decisive victory made him King Edward IV and was the defining moment of the Wars of the Roses.
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Archaeological excavations of a mass grave at Towton revealed skulls with up to thirteen separate blade wounds, showing the extraordinary brutality of medieval close combat.