3. THE NOBLES
60 NOBLE FAMILIES
DISCONTENTED
NOBILITY
LANCASTRIAN YORKISTS
(LOYAL TO H VI) (SUPPORTED
THE DUKE OF YORK)
1460 DUKE OF YORK
claimed the english throne
1461 EDWARD won the
throne
4. WARS OF THE ROSES
THREE PHASES
Defeat and exile of Lancaster
The Rebellion (1471)
Richard III vs Henry Tudor (1485)
19th C. WALTER SCOTT
It destroyed kingship
half of nobility died
It involved nobles