Western Civilization I / Unit 14 WC1 1308 short lesson, about 20 seconds
England: The War of the Roses and Henry VII's Council Courts
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The idea
Lancaster and York fought the War of the Roses, fourteen fifty-five to eighty-five. Henry Tudor beat Richard III in fourteen eighty-five and as Henry VII broke the nobility with royal judges, conciliar courts, seized lands and a ban on private armies.
In practice
The battle's and the court's names are course disclosures.
Where people slip
The anchor's Star Court is not voiced.
Your place on the trail
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