From out of the darkness of strife and civil war, late 15th century England emerged stable and filled with hope in the new ruling family: The Tudors. Thirty years of war, known as The Wars of the Roses, had torn the country apart in an unraveling a political struggle. At its height, the Plantagenets were the conquering victors at the battles of Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. However, in its waning days, the Plantagenets had descended into madness and civil war. Two rival Plantagenet branches stemming from Edward III (the Houses of York and Lancaster) slaughtered each other mercilessly for decades until, in the end, the House of York under Richard III finally destroyed itself, and with it went the rule of the Plantagenets. It was a fitting end for the warrior kings of England.
The arrival of the Tudors promised a new path forward. It was the dawn of the…
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