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War of the Rose

This essay will analyze about the causes of the war of
the roses and what is the main cause of the complex. First of all,
War of the Rose is the wars for control of the throne of England
fought between two royal House of Plantagenet the House of
Lancaster, and the House of York. The symbol of Lancaster was
red rose, and the symbol of York was a white rose. This fight
happened between 1455 and 1487, the fight for power cause
distress social and financial following the long war. War of the
Rose was a series fought between many leaders or commanders
of two house which are Duke of York, Elizabeth of York, Edward IV,
Edward V, Richard, Richard III, Richard Neville, Henry VII, Henry V,
Henry VI, and Margaret of Anjou.
To start with, War of the Rose was caused by many
reasons such as Dynastic struggle, bastard feudalism, both
houses were direct descendants of king Edward III so they fight for
the crown, the ruling Lancastrian king, Henry VI surrounded
himself with unpopular nobles, the civil unrest of much of the
population, the availability of many powerful lords with their own
private armies, and the untimely episodes of mental illness by
Henry VI. It can be argued that the major causes of the conflict
are effect of the hundreds years' war (French War), financial
problems and societal changes and dynastic problem.

The first cause is the effect of the hundreds years' war,

Wars of the Roses began soon after the Hundred Years War was
ended. The two families lost much by the English defeat.
however, the end of the Hundred Years war did also leave many
unemployed soldiers that cause the destabilizing in society.
Medieval knights and nobles were a military caste, and it was as
simple for them to participate in residential as remote fighting.
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The second cause of War of the Rose is financial
problems in 1348 the Black Plague had arrived in England which
caused huge losses in population, which caused a famine of labor
force to grow the crops. This caused severe inflation in the prices
of labor and agricultural products. Moreover, the death toll from
epidemics also leads to dramatic social change. Many of land
owners were died, and the French Wars also had put a strain on
the royal treasury. Since the fall of feudalism, minor lords in their
dominions come fight on their side, under one banner. This means
that they could call large armies for themselves as easily, and it
may be easily more than the king. And fighting with a common
enemy was no longer an option.

The last cause is the dynastic problem, after King Henry

V died, he have no succession that can rule after, he have Henry
IV but he is only nine month when his father death. Therefore, it is
too young for Henry IV to be the king, so Henry married Charles's
daughter, Margaret of Anjou, hope to achieve peace in 1445, but
the policy failed, and it led to the murder of William de la Pole,
one of Henry's main advisors.

In conclusion, there are three main major cause of War

of the Rose can be seen in this essay which are effect of the
hundreds years' war, financial problems and societal changes and
dynastic problem.