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Further Suggested
Reading
The most useful and best referenced of the books on the
battle is still that by David Carpenter, 1987. This
has been supplemented by an excellent account by David
Cox, which first presented the broad and simple structure for the battle which
has now been confirmed and developed as a result of the newly discovered
account, by Labordiere et al. Tony Spicer has also provided an
alternative interpretation of the battle, which you can read
by clicking here. However, the paper by Laborderie et al. has
rendered all previous studies of the battle outdated to some degree.
You might also be interested in visiting our
Chained Library.
The broad political context within which the de Montfort
rebellion should be viewed is discussed in numerous book, but one of the most
recent short assessments is:
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Carpenter,
David. 2003. The Struggle for
Mastery:
Britain 1066-1284.
p.369-391. |
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Barrett, Charles
Raymond Booth.
1896. Battles and Battlefields
in
England.
London: Innes & Co. (Somewhat bizarrely Brooke
includes, in his book on Wars of the Roses battlefields, a short discussion of
the battle of Evesham, despite its 13th century date). |
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Blaauw William,
Henry, and Henry Pearson Charles.
1871.
The Barons' War : including the battles of Lewes and Evesham.
London: Bell and Daldy; [etc. etc.]. |
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Brooke, Richard.
1857. Visits to Fields of
Battle in England of the Fifteenth Century.
London: John Russell Smith. |
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Burne, Alfred H.
1996. The battlefields of England. London: Greenhill Books. |
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Carpenter,
David.
1987. The Battles of Lewes and Evesham 1264/65
(British Battlefield Series): Mercia Publications Ltd. |
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Chandler, David.
1989. A Guide to the
Battlefields of
Europe. |
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Clark, David.
1993. Battlefield Walks:
Midlands. |
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Cox D. C.
1989. "The battle of Evesham in the Evesham
chronicle." Historical
Research, no. 62: 337-45. |
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Cox, D.C.
1988. The
Battle of
Evesham: a new account.
Evesham: The Vale of Evesham Historical Society. |
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Daniell, David
Scott.
1961. Battles and Battlefields. |
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Dodds, Glen
Lyndon. 1996.
Battles in
Britain
1066-1746. |
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English
Heritage. 1995. "Battlefield
Report: Evesham, 1265." English Heritage. |
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Green, Howard.
1973. Guide to the battlefields of Britain and Ireland.
London: Constable. |
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Guest, Ken, and
Denise Guest.
1996. British Battles. |
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Kinross, John.
1988. Walking and Exploring
The Battlefields of
Britain.
Newton Abbot [etc.]: David and Charles. |
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Laborderie,
Olivier, J. R. Maddicott, and David A. Carpenter. 2000.
"The last hours of Simon de Montfort : a new account."
English Historical Review,
no. 115: 378-412. (This important article discusses
a newly identified primary source. This identifies the site where Prince
Edward’s army rendezvoused prior to the battle, enabling a clear view as to
the approach of his troops to the battlefield, which has previously been a
matter of considerable dispute, and provides good evidence to enable the
positioning of the deployments and of the direction of attack and of the rout). |
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Marix Evans,
Martin.
1998. The Military Heritage of
Britain & Ireland. |
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May, George.
1845.
A descriptive history of the town of Evesham, from the foundation of
its Saxon monastery: with notices respecting the ancient deanery of its Vale.
Evesham: George May. |
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New, Herbert.
1873. A day at Evesham : the visitors' guide to its antiquities and
other objects of interest. Evesham: W. & H. Smith. |
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Prothero, G. W.
1877. The life of Simon de
Montfort, Earl of
Leicester : with
special reference to the parliamentary history of his time.
London: Longmans Green and Co. |
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Rayner, Michael.
2004. English Battlefields. Stroud: Tempus. |
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Rudge, E. J.
1820.
A short account of the history and antiquities of Evesham.
Evesham: Printed and sold by J. Agg. |
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Seymour,
William.
1979. Battles in
Britain 1066-1746. |
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Smurthwaite,
David.
1993. The Complete Guide to
the Battlefields of
Britain.
London: Michael Joseph. |
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The Simon de
Montfort Society. The
Last Hours of Simon de Montfort: A New Account, A Lion Occasional
Paper. Evesham, undated. (This provides a summary of
the arguments and translation of the text in Laborderie
2000, including a map showing the site of Mosham Meadow). |
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Tindal, William.
1794. The History and Antiquities of the Abbey and Borough of Evesham. |
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Warner, Philip.
2002. British Battlefields:
The Definitive Guide to Warfare in
England and
Scotland. |
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Young, Peter, and Adair, John.
1979. From
Hastings to Culloden.
Kineton: The Roundwood Press. |
Further
Reading: Battlefield Guides
Contemporary Accounts
There are a number of original accounts that give details
of the action. The book by David Carpenter,
1987 uses the evidence from most, but does not provide a comprehensive
transcription and translation of them.
Laborderie, Olivier, J. R. Maddicott, and David A. Carpenter. "The last hours of
Simon de Montfort : a new account." English Historical Review, no. 115 (2000):
378-412 provides a translation of the
newly discovered account. The Simon de
Montfort Society. The Last Hours of Simon de Montfort: A New Account, A Lion
Occasional Paper. Evesham, undated, provides a
copy of the text of the newly discovered account from the Laborderie
translation. Henry Richards Luard (ed.).
Matthaei Parisiensis, monachi Sancti Albani, Chronica majora,
London: Longman & Co., 1884,
covers the chronicles
and memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages.
English Heritage. "Battlefield Report:
Evesham, 1265." English Heritage, 1995,
provides extracts from Matthew Paris.
Extracts relating to the battle from the Westminster
Chronicle and the account recently discovered by Laborderie are both provided on
this web site. Please click below:
Westminster
Labordiere
Revised:
18 April 2005.
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