Wars of the Roses

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• Wars of the Roses — The Wars of the Roses (1455–1485) were a series of dynastic civil wars fought in England between supporters of the Houses of Lancaster and York. Although armed clashes had occurred previously between supporters of Lancastrian King Henry VI and… …   Wikipedia

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• Wars of the Roses — Wars of the Ros|es, the the period of ↑civil war in England (1455 85), between two parts of the English royal family, which each wanted its own leader to be king. One family was called Lancaster, and was represented by a red rose, and the other… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Wars of the Roses — n. the English civil war (1455 85) fought between the house of York, whose emblem was a white rose, and the house of Lancaster, whose emblem was a red rose: the war ended with the establishment of the house of Tudor on the English throne …   English World dictionary

• Wars of the Roses —    Series of sporadic civil wars among con tending factions of the English royal family and their aristocratic sup porters (1455 1485). The underlying causes of the wars were the un resolved questions of the extent of the king s personal… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Wars of the Roses — Rose Rose, n. [AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. ?, Armor. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F. rose, from the Latin. Cf. {Copperas}, {Rhododendron}.] 1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus {Rosa}, of which there… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• Wars of the Roses, Naming of —    “Wars of the Roses” is a modern term used to describe the intermittent civil conflicts that occurred in fifteenth century England between partisans of the houses of LANCASTER and YORK. Sir Walter Scott is usually credited with coining the term …   Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses

• Wars of the Roses (disambiguation) — The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) were a series of dynastic civil wars fought in Medieval England between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. The War or Wars of the Roses may also refer to:* The War of The Roses , a novel by Warren… …   Wikipedia

• Wars of the Roses, Causes of —    Civil war erupted in fifteenth century England for many interrelated reasons. While Tudor and Elizabethan commentators found the chief cause of the conflict in the 1399 deposition of Richard II and its attendant break in the legal line of… …   Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses