Act of Accord
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The Act of Accord was an act of the Parliament of England. It was passed into law on 25 October 1460 during a period of intense political division and partisanship at the top of government. Earlier th
King Henry VI, whose grandfather had deposed Richard II
His wife, Margaret of Anjou, the eventual figurehead of her husband's government
Richard of York, a descendant of Edward III and claimant to the English crown
Richard, Earl of Salisbury, longtime associate of York's, leader of the House of Neville and father of the Kingmaker
Wars of the Roses
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The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in the following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of armed confrontations, machinations, battles and campaigns fought for control of the English
Act of Accord
…of Wales, from the succession. Henry agreed to the compromise, which became the Act of Accord. Political partisanship had already erupted into the civil war the year before, and, far from lowering political pressure, the act further split the nobility§. Although Henry had publicly supported the act, Queen…
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Plucking the Red and White Roses, by Henry Payne
Battle of Bosworth by Philip James de Loutherbourg
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