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This 5 page paper lists the major causes of the War of the Roses, who the major players were, what their motivations were, and how it ended. Quotes cited from numerous sources. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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families of royal blood, vying for the throne. The political intrigue, the civil unrest, would last for well over thirty years. One houses symbol was the white rose, the other
houses symbol was a red rose. Thus, the war was christened, The War of the Roses. What comes to mind when one begins to study this unholy feud is how
something like this could happen; what would cause such animosity between relatives so as to cause over thirty years of bloodshed? (thesis) The
House of Lancaster and the House of York were the two families that were involved in this epic feud. Scholars state that there were a few encompassing points of dissention
between the Lancastians and the Yorkists. One of these was that both houses were descendents of King Edward III, but no one could determine which was the rightful heir to
the throne. Secondly, Henry VI was a pathetic ruler and surrounded himself with nobles who were just like him. These nobles were corrupt, treated the commoners badly, and were,
in general out for themselves and did not concern themselves with the affairs of state. This both worried and enraged the other nobles who were not a part of the
Kings inner circle. While government faltered, commerce and prosperity declined and French pirates raided the coast with impunity. This fed into one of the other reasons for the wars: civil
unrest(Pollard, 1995,pg. 19). The commoners had, had enough of the bickering between the aristocracies. This continual in-fighting did not lead to any sort of economic or domestic stability for the
nation and as such, the commoners were afraid of invasion from other countries. The nobles didnt seem to care as they were safe behind their own walls. The black plague
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