Yet there was Shakespeare's famous scene where both sides picked 🌹, red and white, from the garden, before the hostilities began
1 year ago | 6
Yes, the name itself wasn't coined til after, but the red/white rose thing is recorded by old Shakey, so the notion predates the name. The idea was firmly ensconced by the height of the Tudor dynastic period.
1 year ago | 7
The Red rose of Lancaster didn’t become associated with the house of Lancaster until Henry VII came back to the throne- from that point onwards the Tudors manipulated a lot of of the events that happened and a lot of evidence was destroyed. Also it was called the Cousins’ War- because everyone was a cousin (or an in-law in the case of Anne Neville) in some way, not the Civil War, it was never called that.
1 year ago (edited) | 4
I’m from the English county of Lancashire where the city of Lancaster is based. Growing up I thought the War Of The Roses was between the counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire, when in fact it was between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. Many of the combatants were even from the north. Still this misconception fuels a modern day (usually) friendly rivalry between people from Lancashire and people from Yorkshire.
2 years ago | 8
Thank you. I am learning about the past. My recent discovery is that i am related to king Edward the 3rd and king Edward the 4th. Its on my mother's side
1 year ago | 0
Think Towton , Bosworth, Barnet etc were a little more than skirmishes!
1 year ago | 1
World History Encyclopedia
The Wars of the Roses didn't get their name until 300 years after the skirmishes were over.
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