Subtitle The War Of The Roses Official

: The wars were more than a simple family feud; they were the result of weak royal leadership, social unrest, and the breakdown of the feudal system, eventually leading to the birth of the modern English state under the Tudors. II. Root Causes of the Conflict

: King Henry VI (Lancaster) was a pious but ineffective ruler who suffered from mental instability, creating a power vacuum. subtitle The War of the Roses

: A thirty-year power struggle between two branches of the royal House of Plantagenet. : The wars were more than a simple

: Powerful nobles maintained private armies (livery and maintenance), allowing local disputes to escalate into national warfare. III. The Three Phases of War subtitle The War of the Roses