War of the Roses
The Family Feud That Lasted Thirty Years Most wars in history have been very noble wars fought between men of two different sides, battling for the power over the people of a country. William Lace argues that, “There was nothing noble about the Wars of the Roses [though,] because brothers fought brothers, fathers fought sons, prisoners were executed without trials, and battles were won only by last minute deception”(10-11). Throughout the events of the Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Barnet is one battle that makes an impact on British politics and society. The events of the Wars of the Roses are nothing more than feuds within the Plantagenets family. Because three very powerful noblemen, York, Salisbury, and Warwick are not invited to a council meeting where the other nobles are trying to discuss different ways to protect the king, they feel that they are being plotted against. With an army of about five thousand men, York and company leads an attack on London where Henry I and twenty-five hundred men meet them (Lace 28). Lace describes the start of the war saying, “The Wars of the Roses, brewing for years, finally breaks out when the armies of Richard, duke of York, and Edmund Beaufort, duke of Somerset, meet in the
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Approximate Word count = 2680
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page double spaced)
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