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Tango01 | 24 Mar 2016 12:16 p.m. PST |
…Rebellion, and medieval warfare 1387-1403. "The multi-faceted causes of the War of the Roses are defined by two great medieval issues of note, compounded by the great upheavals of the century before it, notably England's arrival in France and the rise of the House of Lancaster following the usurpation of Richard II in 1399. The two major issues plaguing England which led to the Wars of the Roses were the rise of bastard feudalism, essentially a political and cultural problem greatly influenced by the martial culture of England from 1200 to 1455 [1], and the dynastic rivalries and political machinations influenced and caused by the many battles fought between the houses and liege lords scattered throughout England from Northumberland to Cornwall. The Usurpation of 1399 and its preceding events and aftermath are in many ways the opening to the Wars of the Roses due in part to the upheavals initiated originally through popular dissent aimed at the economic/financial constraints of the period, which some peasants and lords alike would have agreed was the tyrannical rule of King Richard II (reigned 1377-1399) and his councilors during his minority. Popular and academic histories as well seem to highlight Richard's supposed authoritative, elitist and yet naive and flighty rule as the jus ad bellum for the revolts against him and his later dethronement. This same history has glorified his usurpation as a revolution of conscience waged by the chivalric, warlike, Henry of Bolingbroke the Earl of Derby, who as the usurper king becomes a paranoid and "cold-blooded" miser…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
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