Challenge for a Throne: The Wars of the RosesIn the fifteenth century two families of royal descent, the houses of York and Lancaster, clashed in an epic struggle to win the throne of England. |
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... England . " Under the Angles , the Saxons , and the Jutes , England became a rich and pleasant land . At first each little district in Anglo - Saxon England had its own tribal chieftain , who called himself a king ; but in time one king ...
... England . " Under the Angles , the Saxons , and the Jutes , England became a rich and pleasant land . At first each little district in Anglo - Saxon England had its own tribal chieftain , who called himself a king ; but in time one king ...
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... England's history . While still in his teens he brought order out of the chaos that his deposed father had left ... England under control , the vigorous king turned to foreign war . The relations between England and France had been tense ...
... England's history . While still in his teens he brought order out of the chaos that his deposed father had left ... England under control , the vigorous king turned to foreign war . The relations between England and France had been tense ...
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... England and two other strong states , England should ally herself with the weaker of the other two . England allied with France would have no control over France ; but England allied with less powerful Bur- gundy would not only be able ...
... England and two other strong states , England should ally herself with the weaker of the other two . England allied with France would have no control over France ; but England allied with less powerful Bur- gundy would not only be able ...
Contents
Of Kings and Kingdoms | 1 |
The Royal Cousins | 16 |
The Downfall of a King | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Albans Anthony Woodville Archbishop battle Beaufort Bishop blood brother Buckingham Burgundian Burgundy Calais Castle chronicler claim cousin crown daughter death died Duke of Lancaster Duke of Somerset Duke of York Earl of March Edmund Mortimer Edmund of Langley Edward IV Edward IV's Elizabeth enemies English Exeter father fighting force France French Hastings heir Henry of Bolingbroke Henry Tudor Henry's House of Lancaster Humphrey III's inherit Ireland Joan John of Bedford John of Gaunt King Edward King Henry King of England King Richard king's kingdom knights Lancastrian Lancastrian army land London Lord Louis XI Ludlow marriage married monarch Mowbray nobles Northumberland Parliament Percy Prince Edward protector Queen Margaret realm rebels reign remained Richard II Richard of Gloucester Richard of York royal Rutland Salisbury seemed soldiers Suffolk throne took Tower town treason troops uncle usurpation Wales Warwick and Clarence Westminster William Woodville York's Yorkists young