Plantagenet

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2022

Label: UIS

During the Battle of St. Albans, north of London, on May 22, 1455, the mentally ill king Henry VI of Lancaster was captured and overthrown by the Earl of Warwick "The Kingmaker" and his ally Duke of York. The event marked the beginning of the bloody era in English history, known as the Wars of the Roses. Two branches of the Plantagenet royal dynasty - Lancaster and York - fought a fierce struggle for the English throne. For the next 30 years England was engulfed by turmoil, internecine warfare and a series of coups d'etat. The crown passed into the hands of the Lancasters, then to the Yorks.
On August 22, 1485, during the battle of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire, the last of the Plantagenet dynasty and the House of York, King Richard III, was killed. He also went down in history as the last king of the Middle Ages and the last king to die on the battlefield.
As a result of the Wars of the Roses Henry VII, ascended the throne and became the founder of the new royal Tudor dynasty. For England this meant the beginning of Absolutism and the transition to the era of modern times, which brought many changes.
The dramatic events of that time were reflected in the literary works of many authors, including William Shakespeare, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and many others. Historical and romantic literature has become a source of inspiration for the creators of the "Plantagenet" compilation too.

The 12th UIS release invites you to plunge into the gloomy atmosphere of the fall of the English Middle Ages. 11 projects from Russia, Greece, Italy and Great Britain took part in recording tracks for the compilation. Part of the print run was distributed free of charge in the streets of London and Langtoft in February 2022.

Cassette edition has an extra track that doesn't appear in digital version.