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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... sides , so that an archer or a common man - at - arms who was spared might fight for your side the next time . Warwick , as he rode into battle , always cried out , " Spare the commons ! Kill the lords ! " In the aftermath of victory ...
... sides , so that an archer or a common man - at - arms who was spared might fight for your side the next time . Warwick , as he rode into battle , always cried out , " Spare the commons ! Kill the lords ! " In the aftermath of victory ...
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... side , with the bars running across to both sides of the bridge , to hinder any person from passing over it either to the one side or the other . • • " On the next day , which was the 29th August , 1475 , the two kings appeared . The ...
... side , with the bars running across to both sides of the bridge , to hinder any person from passing over it either to the one side or the other . • • " On the next day , which was the 29th August , 1475 , the two kings appeared . The ...
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... side , holding back from an attack . Richard sent word to Lord Stanley that if he did not charge at once , his son ... sides ; the historian Polydore Vergil , working from eyewitness accounts , tells how the royal army " making suddenly ...
... side , holding back from an attack . Richard sent word to Lord Stanley that if he did not charge at once , his son ... sides ; the historian Polydore Vergil , working from eyewitness accounts , tells how the royal army " making suddenly ...
Contents
Of Kings and Kingdoms | 1 |
The Royal Cousins | 16 |
The Downfall of a King | 35 |
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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