The war of the roses was a long time period in England where there were many conflicts and battles over who held the throne. They were never really called the war of the roses, the name just gradually came on throughout history with more discoveries about this time period. The start of this time period is not certain considering many different historians think it started at different times. Many think the start is when Henry the fifth took the throne of Richard the second in 1399. Other historians think the start came about in the 1450's, that's how wide this time period is. Many people view this as a period of civil wars because it had the ingredients to be one just not the effects of a civil war to be one. The towns were generally left alone and the commoners spared but many believe this was a period of civil war. There were three stages of the war, first it was the York's versus the Lancastrians which ended with Edward the fourth king and he was a York. Second was the yorkists versus the king makers and Edward won again only by luck. The third stage was thought to be Richard the third versus Henry the seventh which Henry came out vict

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