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In five pages this paper considers the three-decade long fifteenth-century English conflict between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists in an examination of the reasons, motivations, and repercussions of the Wars of the Roses. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
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economy hard (Kendall 34). The Great Plague (also known as the Black Death) resulted in widespread suffering throughout Europe, and in England, the peasant class suffered the greatest casualties.
The severe loss of life further damaged an already weak economy, and triggered a debilitating labor shortage. To make matters worse, Richard II implemented a medieval poll tax
that unfairly taxed some impoverished classes more than others. The subsequent Peasants Revolt should have served as a warning to the monarchy that social change was inescapable, and that
the once-regarded divine right of kings was being questioned. However, Richard II and his successors were either unable or unwilling to accept that simmering social tensions were not going
to dissolve on their own. Eventually, they would reach several boiling points in a succession of regional civil conflicts that would be collectively known as "the Wars of the
Roses," although there is not any evidence that suggests it was referred to as such at the time (Webster 1). According to Professor Michael Hicks text entitled English Political Culture
in the Fifteenth Century, the Wars of the Roses were initially no different from other occasional but brief skirmishes of the era. However, Professor Hicks notes there were some
distinguishing factors that made these conflicts unique. First, citizens became involved in the political process, which had previously been limited to nobility (Hicks 210). Secondly, the internal fighting
was a reflection of the combat between France and Burgundy that was being fought in England at the time (Hicks 210). The Wars took place when England was lacking
in economic and labor resources and ill equipped to fight two wars simultaneously. The king de facto principle that demanded unconditional loyalty from subjects with the threat of execution
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