This series has four easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Saxon Disunity and Dishonor.IntroductionAfter the success of King
Battle of Bosworth Field
Today's installment concludes Wars of the Roses,our selection from History of England From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688
Gathering Storm Against Richard III
The universal detestation of Richard's conduct turned still more the attention of the nation toward Henry; and as all the descendants of the house of
Murders of the Princes in the Tower
After suffocating them with the bolster and pillows, they showed their naked bodies to Tyrrel, who ordered them to be buried at the foot of the
Richard Plots to Become King
His exorbitant ambition, unrestrained by any principle either of justice or humanity, made him carry his views to the possession of the crown
Edward IV Invades France
Louis thought that all the advantages of the treaty were on his side, and that he had overreached Edward by sending him out of France on such easy
House of York Triumphant – for Now
All the hopes of the house of Lancaster seemed now to be utterly extinguished.Continuing Wars of the Roses,our selection from History of England
Warwick’s Triumph and Fall
It does not appear that Warwick, during his short administration, which had continued only six months, had been guilty of any unpopular
Warwick’s Schemes and Plots
During this negotiation Warwick was secretly carrying on a correspondence of the same nature with his brother, the Marquis of Montagu.Continuing