I'd argue the problem started two generations prior to that, with Bolingbroke's siezure of power. The scene was pretty much set during his (or rather, Richard's) reign, and only briefly stalled by the generally uniting presence of Henry V.
Re: War of the Roses - causes
I'd argue the problem started two generations prior to that, with Bolingbroke's siezure of power. The scene was pretty much set during his (or rather, Richard's) reign, and only briefly stalled by the generally uniting presence of Henry V.
When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman? From the beginning all men by nature were created alike, and our bondage or servitude came in by the unjust oppression of naughty men. For if God would have had any bondsmen from the beginning, he would have appointed who should be bound, and who free. And therefore I exhort you to consider that now the time is come, appointed to us by God, in which ye may (if ye will) cast off the yoke of bondage, and recover liberty. - John Ball
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