participants in the Wars of the Roses

A detailed Summary of participants in the Wars of the Roses

In the late 1400's the House of York fought the House of Lancaster for the English crown. Because Lancaster's heraldic badge

was a red rose and the Yorks was a white rose, the long conflict became known as Wars of the Roses. The real lives of the

main participants of the Wars of the Roses will be displayed in this paper. In Shakespeare's Richard III the participants in the

Wars of the Roses were not suitably displayed. The participants in Shakespeare's Richard III were Henry Tudor, Clarence,

Edward V, Richard III; Queen Margaret will have their lives displayed in this paper.

In the Shakespeare play Richard III was depicted as a malformed mean, ill looking, tyrant. But this was not the case. Richard

III was a nice and handsome man. Shakespeare only did this so that Queen Elizabeth would be pleased with what she saw

when she went to watch the play. Because Queen Elizabeth was a Lancaster, Shakespeare wanted her family to look noble.

Richard III couldn't have been deformed as Shakespeare said that he was, because in real life Richard III was a knight that

fought in battles. He couldn't have been deformed if he were a knight because he would have to fight with his sword and shield.

t in the play Clarence was a good guy who loved everybody, but in real life Clarence was

had Clarence killed so that he could have an uncontested line to the throne. Shakespeare also said that Richard killed young

rule. Although his rule was somewhat short and nonexistence. The speculation of him being killed in the play I think was quite

Edward V and his younger brother. But this was not the case for it was Clarence and his cousin Earl of Warwick. There are

anymore. So the marriage of Henry Tudor and Margaret is what primarily ended the " Wars of the Roses".

country. This could not be the case if you have people like Henry Tudor in your family whom was a coward that later became

trying to free his country of the oppressor Richard III.

Queen Elizabeth was a Lancaster and Richard III was a York. So by portraying the House of York as a cruel power hungry

army to take back the throne of the Lancastrian cause. She affiliated with the Duke of Clarence and the Earl of Warwick to try

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