- Charles Ross (historian)
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For other people of the same name, see Charles Ross (disambiguation).
Charles Derek Ross (1924 – 1986) was an English historian of the Late Middle Ages, specialising on the Wars of the Roses. He was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Bristol until his death in 1986, when he was killed by an intruder in his own home.
His best known works are his biographies of Edward IV and Richard III in the Yale English Monarchs series. These influential books were the first modern comprehensive studies of the Yorkist kings' politics, retinues and landownership.
Main works
- The Estates and Finances of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (1956)
- Edward IV (1974) ISBN 0413286800
- The Wars of the Roses: A Concise History (1976) ISBN 0500250499
- Richard III (1981) ISBN 0413295303
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