The Wars of the Roses
Tides of History
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The Rise and Fall of the Yorkists
Historian Gerald Harris points out that all of these things were symptoms of the same problem. The inability of the nobles to agree on a substitute for King Henry VI's rule. By 1459, 37 years had passed since a king had actually wielded royal authority in his own right. Margaret branded the Yorkist lords as traitors and attainted them.
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