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The Wars of the Roses, II

Tides of History

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The Hierarchy of English Society

Archaeologists excavated a mass grave from the battle in 1461. Nearly 40 bodies had been dumped into a shallow pit, all of them under 45 years old. David Perry: This was a profoundly hierarchical society. He says there was no shame in service to someone greater than oneself.

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