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The crisis of Kingshipthe Wars of the Roses
Lisanna TälliX ATPL
After the 100 years war: English nobelmen returned to
England; Soldiers became unemployed; They knew no craft but fighting; Lancastrians and Yorkists.
Richard II 1377 became king; Under the control of his uncle John,
duke of Lancaster; Henry IV; The son of Edmund, Duke of York Richard had no children; Henry IV took the crown by force Richard died mysteriously.
Henry IV Won the support of other
powerful nobles; Took the crown by force; Established his royal
authority; Passed the crown to his son
Henry V.
Henry V One of England`s favourite
kings; Was king from 1413 until 1422; Henry was a cold and ruthless
soldier, respected by contemporaries as a chivalric warrior.
The “Lancastrians”
Henry VI
The “Yorkists”
The duke of York
The Wars of the Roses
1455 the war began – the battle of Saint Albans;
6 years later the York forces crushed the Lancaster army;
Edward of York became king as Edward IV;
Edward V succeeded him at the age of 12.
Richard III Richard, the duke of Gloucester; Had killed Edward and his little
brother; Was king of England for 2 years; Until his death in 1485 during the
battle of Bosworth; The last king of the house of York; The last of the Plantagenet dynasty.
The battle of Bosworth Field: The decisive battle of the Wars of the
Roses; The end of the Middle Ages in
England.
Henry VII
Henry Tudor defeated the royal army;
Was crowned King Henry VII; The first ruler of the Tudor
dynasty; Married Edward IV`s daughter
Elizabeth; United the rival houses of
Lancaster and York.
Richard III`s quotation “A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse” from Shakespeare`s tragedy Richard III;
Is now repeated when sb is in need of some unimportant item.
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