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Wars of the Roses Collection

The Battle of St Albans

44m

The War Of The Roses was a notorious and prolonged civil war between the two dominant houses of medieval England: House York and House Lancaster. On the 565th anniversary of the Battle of St Albans, today Dan is joined by historian and author Matt Lewis to discuss how this battle, and the resulting conflict, would shape the face of medieval England.

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