In Our Time: History
Claim This PodcastHosted by Melvyn Bragg, Misha Glenny
Published by BBC Radio 4
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<p>Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.</p>
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Margaret Beaufort
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[…] Can you tell me why they broke out in 1455 and who the main forces are beyond the houses of York and Lancaster? Okay, so I think we can say the cause of the outbreak of the wars of the roses in 1455 is Henry VI. So Henry had come to the throne in 1422, aged just nine months. He had reigned for over 30 years by 1455, and during that time, he had really proven himself inadequate in almost every aspect of kingship. He had big boots to fill, because of course his father had been Henry V, and it's Henry V who had conquered Normandy and won the Battle of Agincourt. By 1450, Normandy had fallen, and three years later, Gascony, the other large territory under English control, had also fallen, and Henry VI was held widely to blame for this. […]
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