Post by Mr Modica on Jun 5, 2013 20:29:08 GMT
Between 1455 and 1499, England was torn apart by a series of civil wars, with two branches of the ruling Plantagenet family fighting over the right to wear the crown of England. Dominance switched between sides regularly as political behaviour broke down, and men and women of either side pursued their own interests. In the end, the Plantagenets themselves fell to a new family, the last hope of one of the factions. These civil wars came to be known as the Wars of the Roses, after what were claimed to be badges used by the two sides - The Red Rose of the House of Lancaster and the White Rose of the House of York.
