Ten Minute English and British History #16 - The Wars of the Roses
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This episode covers the infamous Wars of the Roses (yes plural) which engulfed England after its failure during the Hundred Years' War. This conflict saw the House of Lancaster and the House of York fight it out for the throne. Some of England's most famous kings, Henry VI, Edward IV, the short-lived Edward V and most famously, Richard III are all covered in this episode which ends with the establishment of the Tudor Dynasty.
Recommended Books:
Alison Weir - Lancaster and York: The Wars of the Roses - Probably the best overview of the Wars given their complexity. Like most overviews it really glosses over the later parts but barring that it's excellent.
Michael Hicks - The Wars of the Roses - Another very good overview but a bit more detailed (this one also has a timeline in it). Slightly harder to get into than Weir's book, though.
Ten Minute English and British History is a series of short, ten minute animated narrative documentaries that are designed as revision refreshers or simple introductions to a topic. Please note that these are not meant to be comprehensive and there's a lot of stuff I couldn't fit into the episodes that I would have liked to. Thank you for watching, though, it's always appreciated.
The next episode won't be English and British history just so everyone knows, it'll be 'The Fall of the Ottomans and the Birth of Turkey' (1804-1930). Just so the people who aren't interested in English history can get some content they like too.
so its just game of thrones then?
Thanks! Kinda burned out on England by now,
I thought you`d say you`d do the thirty years war
Fine. We need a rest before the Tudors any way. Ann Boleyn FTW.
Ten Minute History are you possibly going to do the 80 years war
'This somewhat delayed York's ambitions because he was dead'
Never change Ten Minute History. Never change.
that was actually a lie, he still went to the new world and made a New York :P
@@Real_SkyRipper "They'll never find me out here!"
When he said that
But they did change. its history matters now.
I swear to god this dry humour won't make a single muscle twitch but it's just so good.
“A major setback for York’s ambitions , since he was killed there” Gotta love that British humour!
peroz1000 it is high quality
i loved that line as well :)
I can assure you, it must have been a particularly substantial setback indeed. One might perhaps be even as bold as saying, it was a very definitive setback permanent by its nature what comes to our mundane lives in this very world under the sun.
- Tried my best Jeeves theah.
We aim to please 🇬🇧😂
@peroz1000 who is that on your profile picture
If it wasn't for the unimaginative naming customs of late medieval lords, this would be easier to follow. Imagine if not everybody involved was either Henry, Edward, George or William. I was rooting for the guy who couldn't decide whether he was Jack or John.
Don’t forget Margaret and Elizabeth
AEGON 😂😂
“Henry had a mental breakdown..”
Can you blame him?
Love the look on his face at 2:32
No.
He was just as confused as the rest of us...
Probably caused by trying to remember all his relatives' names at Christmas dinner...
"The Wars of the Roses. A war that strikes terror, and boredom, in the minds of students of history the world over" - CGP Grey
Who has to deal with this (shows wild complicated list) family tree simplified to explain why everyone was angry
Oh yes I remember
@@Whatareyoudoinnhere "France won because England fought itself" is also a valid way of understanding the end of the Hundred Years War.
There's a revision guide???
@@altriapendragon1446 boredom? its complicated ,not boring.
Viewers: wow this is a confusing conflict
George RR Martin: let’s add dragons
Artur Liebl Not in the books
And an ice zombie invasion
@@IESWlodarczyk nah they exist we just call them the Scottish.
@@ewanreid3823 it's actually very accurate taking the wall
No conflict is that confusing:
Me: wants something!
You: has something.
3rd party: wants me, you or both to lose. 🤔
''Richard Of York, who in a stunning twist of events was the Duke Of York.....'' Brilliant humour!
Actually, you have no idea just how stunning that was. It was actually shockingly rare for people to actually be from the places where they got their titles from.
I could watch this 100 times and still be confused 😂
“What” - me throughout this video
Political plotting - Game of Thrones, 1.4 (centuries).
Play europa universalis
@@flameBMW245 hoi4 is better (;
I wanna like this comment but its on 420
Henry 6 to Edward 4 to Henry 6 to Edward 4. The end
I doubt most people realise how difficult summing up so much info all in 10 really is.
Especially the WotR .
Brilliant work ..again 👍
If this is the slimmed-down, 10-minute, version, I'm not sure I want to know the long version... :P
It is terrifying. I'm happy I never had to do a test on it or something
I would absolutely love a long version - injected directly into my bloodstream.
Yeah, it wasn't pretty!
Doing A Level for War of the Roses the long version is torture
@My Mojito I love it for A level 😂.
But in EU4 it only lasts a few years and nothing as interestingly as this happens.
Sealand Ball This is the moment where I seize the opportunity to trash talk against Paradox, their games and their policies.
Commander Shepard go ahead I ain’t stopping you.
Sealand Ball Bah, you're not supposed to say that!
Commander Shepard All the things I love have faults that I hate but I still love them nonetheless.
Is it still like that even with the Rule Britainia pack that just came out? I've not tried it yet
A french king named Louis? No way
I think once, there was a French king named Pepin. Either that or a Hobbit with that name.
@@slewone4905 Pepin was a frankish king. And either the son or grandson of charlemagne.
Edit: Actually Pepin was Charles Grandfather xD
@@gameer0037 did you just watched today's video (or Yesterday) on Charlemagne?
@@slewone4905 nope. I googled it XD
King Louis XI, He had a royal nickname; Which was Louis the Prudent
Just setting up some bookmark so I can remember things.
1:45 Lancaster
1:46 York
2:24
3:07 rebel 2
3:21
5:17 York died Succeeded by Edward
7:28 Henry is still floating around
8:01 everybody hates Warwick
9:30 henry’s nephew also Henry wins the throne
“Probably died from a case of the murderers” LOL
That comment actually made me laugh!
Damn this was hard to follow, even though I was a little familiar with the material already. I think putting faction symbols next to names onscreen might have helped.
This is Game of Thrones
Well that Brittania's history and Geography is what inspired GoT
Romans/Celts = First Men,
Anglo Saxons = Andals,
William the Conquerer = Aegon the Conquerer
The Scotts = wildlings
Westeros = England
Essos = France
The Narrow Sea = English Channel
The Wall = Hadrian's Wall
Ha! Westeros is child's play compared to this!
I'm not supposed to actually UNDERSTAND all that, right?
Nub93 eventually
Being an American, I found this series of videos to be quite interesting to watch and listen to. Especially this clusterfuck of an episode about everyone trying to claim the English throne. Do you plan on going all the way up to modern day Britain? Either way, I love the work you do! ^w^
Pyroskies yes he has previously said he will be doing 40 episodes up to modern day Britain
The series goes up until 2010.
Ah nice, I look forward to it. :3
Not until Brexit?
Why. What happens in 2010? :D
So far the most relatable character in this is the one who switched his brain off for most of it.
Glad to hear that France finally crowned another Louis, I was getting worried!
The little signs are always my favorite part of your videos. "Marry for money" is just brilliant, ahahah. They're always made even more hilarious by the impervious facial expression of the sign holder!
I need to write an essay on the Tudors, and because everyone back then had pretty much the same name (if another Catherine or another Edward is introduced I'm gonna die of frustration), English history in books gets a little confusing at times. The drawings and your way of explaining events really help clearing things up for me. Thank you kindly! Your work is immensely appreciated.
I slow the speed down to 0.75, and STILL get lost. Its hopeless. Don't mind me, however, these are wonderful videos! Excellent.
It wasn't just a french army who fought with Henry VII at Bosworth, but a lot of Welshmen as well, which is why the banner used by Henry VII is now the flag of Wales.
Makes sense since Henry VII was Welsh born and the Tudors were a Welsh dynasty.
Long live The House York! Such an interesting period in english history, the amount of backstabbing, plotting, backstabbing, people being drowned in wine (George Clarence's execution) , more backstabbing, and finally a healthy does of the murdering. Brilliant video :)
They inspired The House of Stark and The House of Baratheon in ASOIAF/GOT
One thing you missed which I think is very important is the fact that the Tudor line is directly descended from the Beaufort line (Duke of Somerset) and that line was declared illegitimate by their own admission and renounced their claim to the throne. This made Henry Tudor's rise to power all that more prolific and problematic and even Henry VIII had to deal with that. Good video overall though
Henry Tudor was a grandson of Henry v wife too who was married again with jasper Tudor, Henry Tudor grandfather
Ah, Richard III. A propaganda piece and one of Shakespeare's best plays.
Get Seth Rogen to play Chuttan...
"A case of the murders" love it haha!
So this is the story that gives school kids across the country anxiety and soul cruising stress...
Yup, glad I'm not British. I watched the whole thing, but can't for the life of me keep up.
It's not on the curriculum.
@@kylenetherwood8734 It is if you do it on some A Level courses.
if you think this is confusing you should look at UK's history in total, its no wonder that england has more history than anywhere else in the world, so many empires, so many kingdoms, so many factions, so many wars.
It used to be part of high school ad well as A-level. I studied it in school, college and university. Loved it.
My current favourites series on TH-cam 😁
"They fled to france to get support from the king who, in a shocking twist, *was named louis.*" 🤣
You should try Italy where Florence, Pisa, Milan, Venice, Genoa, the Papal States et. al. were all fighting each other with German, French, and Spanish allies and were having civil wars within the City States as well.
Recalling my days of playing 'Kingmaker'. A now sadly forgotten tabletop game. Which I loved.
My teacher in school didn't spend much time on medieval history. I think that's why I'm so interested in it now - a teacher isn't forcing me.
I love how Henry VI is drooling in some kind scenes 😆
"The death of Henry Vi died... probably from a case of the Murders." Probably the best line
Henry VI crazy walleyes when he goes nuts are amazing.
This fast speaking got me like:"Ok,I can't speak English at all" 😂
Jumping into this without any context would be like me putting A Storm of Swords down in front of someone who never read ASOIAF, opening it up 500 pages in, and forcing them to make sense of everything before it and after it
Great video again! Maybe there just wasn't time, but I feel like including what happened to Edward V would have been helpful, as why Henry Tudor was simply allowed to take the throne whilst Edward V had seemingly disappeared was a little confusing.
Is This The Krusty Krab? He died in the Tower from a case of the murders
@@stefanking98 It would have been nice to have a little something about Henry Tudor’s mom (who is just as good a candidate as Richard III for “the one who ordered the murder of the boys”), but there’s only so much time.
You know, this might be my favorite Henry. He’s has a good mentality, trying to keep everyone from killing each other, but they’re just intent on slaughtering each other.
This is the first explanation that I've ever been able to half understand who's who in this war! Thank you!
They made a real thing from the eu4 event ?
I had to watch this three times with all the changing of sides and name changes!
I firstly want to thank you! You and few other channels gave me motivation to try making this kind of content myself! I love history and I love watching these kind of videos, but sometimes you post things that I am not interested in, so I make them my own! I love your content! Your animations are smooth, information is not very complex, but it contains everything needed. Keep up the good work!
I'll never. Ever. Ever ever ever... get tired of the thud and the falling over when they die. Lol!
Watched Lucky Star on a whim and a throw-away line explained the War of the Roses as getting it's name from the roses on the soldiers' uniforms
Hmmm...The War of the Roses was also written by William Shakespeare in two books - Henry VI and Richard III. Two years ago the BBC made a TV series about that war through Shakespeare. Very good programme.
@David Black Robert Lewis Stevenson wrote "Black Arrow" (1888), set in War of Roses
Issue with the Richard III play is that it's very VERY bloated with Tudor propaganda and misinformation about Richard III
Theres also Ken Follet's Pillars of the Earth although I dont know how accurate it is
Pillars of the Earth is a brilliant novel, but it takes place during the conflict between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, several centuries prior to the Wars of the Roses.
As someone who has watched a little a bit of Game of Thrones but loves history including this much more messier and complex event than the entire GOT plot(just like many other real events worldwide) I have to say:
All Hail His Grace Henry of the House of Tudor,First of His Name,King of the English,Welsh and Eastern Irish,Ruler of the British Isles and Protector of the Kingdom.
By the time I was halfway through the video I'd totally forgotten why they were fighting to begin with...
This 10 minute video took me over an hour to watch
All hail His Grace Henry of the House Tudor, the Seventh of His Name, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm!
Reminded me of 'Game of Thrones' save for that insightful distilling of that series ...."Godfather With Dragons!'
There's speculation that Henry VI suffered some form of schizophrenia, probably catatonic type.
Everybody moan about the war being "complicated", but if this was a court lady drama series you would see a very different reaction.
Incidentally the name of the war became popular through a novel which coined the name base on Shakespeare's dramatisation of the event. There's a scene in the play in which characters declare their allegiance by donning the rose of the faction they supported. It was merely called "the civil wars" back in his day. Shakespeare, of course, was patronised by the famed queen Elizabeth I, who was the grandchild of the ultimate winner of the war mentioned at the end, Henry Tudor. Her father, of course, was the infamous Henry VIII who ditched Catholicism to divorce his wife, only to kill his new wife and Elizabeth I's mother, Anne Boleyn.
As mentioned, there's so much drama it's unfathomable. A weak king supplanted by his determined wife. Richard was killed in combat, but instead of the Yorkist crumbling, his son Edward IV rallied and win the throne with the help of Duke of Warwick. However, their alliance was broken because Edward ignored Warwick arrangement for marriage and marry for love. Warwick ended up betraying Yorkist cause and attempted to restore the old king Henry VI with the help of the queen, only to be defeated and killed. Unfortunately, Edward soon died, leaving his son as king. Instead of serving as Regent, his younger brother, Richard III, seized the throne instead. Richard ended up being the last English king to be killed in battle against Henry Tudor.
Why do we need GoT when history itself is more than epic and dramatic enough?
oh boy, been waiting for this one.
In the War of the Roses, you win or you die.
The brave Yorkists ran away,
(No!)
bravely ran away, away.
(They didn't!)
When danger reared it's ugly head,
they bravely turned their tails and fled.
(They never!)
Yes, the brave Yorkists turned about,
and gallantly they chickened out.
(You're lying!)
Swiftly taking to their feet,
they beat a very brave retreat.
Bravest of the brave, the Yorkists!
Thought you might have mentioned the roses? White for York and red for Lancaster. Henry VII, in 1485, amalgamated the two into the Tudor Rose.
Hey look a Game of Thrones video...oh wait...
Edit: well it seems like someone beat me to it but anyway...
puff Game of Thrones does this way better, Ten min History didn't even talk about the white walkers, or dragons, they left a lot out.
Thank you, You've done an exemplary job in untying the knot that is this history. I wonder if there has ever been a more complicated period in the history of governance? I'm aware of the war of Spanish Succession. And the Thirty Years War. In your opinion what was the most complicated period in European history?
I love this series but the amount of times I've had to rewind to understand what the hell he's talking about is amazing
To illustrate how much this is compressed, HM squeezed Richard III ("My Kingdom for a Horse!") by Shakespeare into less than 60 seconds.
Mom can we have Game of thrones
We have Game of thrones at home
Game of thrones at home:
This reminds me of my uncle recounting some squabbles he got into at the trailer park back in the day. Except nobody ran to Scotland and France every week for backup.
You forgot to mention running to Flanders too.
I love these, informative & subtly dry
I'd also recommend The Wars of the Roses series by Conn Iggulden, it's very compelling.
I’m really glad I’m not the only one confused about all of this. We don’t talk about this war very much in American history classes so I wanted to learn the real reason behind all of this and was left scratching my head
Because this is british history not american and has nothign to do with América??
@@francoisdaureville323 I know but it would still be nice to learn about it. We learn about Napoleon more than we do early English history. Plus, most Americans are from English ancestry soo I mean…
@@strat458796 this More like mid british history not early, early british history would be roman and anglosaxon heptarchy period
I grew up in Hexham, I’m here right now to be fair, it’s got buckets of history, far more than we’ll ever know
One can’t help but wonder how did these kings know that they were unpopular(or not) back in the day, with the limited means of communication.
When I saw this on my feed while at work i yelled “hell yeah” on pure instinct
I love the history of the English Crown from Alfred the Great through the Georgian kings.
I love how they just have signs. Also Konami has a widely different telling of the war of the roses
so weird first time i know war of the roses were from yugi oh : duelist of the roses xD
Me too
Gotta love a video that mentions Northampton
Henry the Broken
This war offered more twists and turns than a F1 race
If you all want to understand this better I highly recommend the show The White Queen! Amazing series, only 10 episodes and you won’t be left confused :)
1445 - the war with France isn’t going too well
1453 - Queen matter became pregnant
1454 - Henry dismissed York
1456 - Henry yet again dismissed york
1458 - Henry tried to reconcile between 2 separate sides
1461 - edward won a battle in mortimers cross
1464 - lancastion rebels were defeated on the battle of Hexham
1465- henry was captured at the Tower of London
1469- a rebellion broke out edgecoat
1471- the battle of Barnet
1485- Henry met Richards army at bosworth
Your welcome
Here in Pennsylvania the City of York and the City of Lancaster play each other in High School football every year, in a game of course dubbed The War of the Roses.
Fun fact: Richard IIIs bones were discovered under a car park in 2015 the same year richard was buried
BRUH IM SO CONFUSED BY THIS WAR, think I'll just read Game of Thrones as it seems so much more simpler
Jokes on you game of thrones is based on this
This is possibly the most complicated war to take place
Just the most complicated in England.
Yeah I know you posted that 2 years ago.
Bloody brilliant. Love these so much 😁
Apparently this is what the War of the Lions from Final Fantasy Tactics was based on. (We get it already, GOT was inspired by this. I just wanted to mention that it wasn’t the only one!)
Wooooow, 9:59. "Ten minute History", more like "Nine minutes and fifty nine second History"
Wooooow. What an original comment.
The Battle of Watling Street is the bloodiest battle every fought on English soil. Also, the lead up to the Battle of Walting street, with Boudica's ethnic cleansing campaign, was the most bloody of times on English soil.
If you want to be pernickety about it, there was no 'England' in the time of Boudicia, so Watling Street doesn't qualify.
True, but the slide and image said "English Soil." I interpreted English soil as the land of England as we know it as place and region today, regardless of time. So, I guess my argumentative hat was on, and I decided to be pernickety. But, you're right that in most people's eyes, when in conversation about "England," it's primarily in reference to the post-Roman, I think, and the beginning of the Anglo-Saxon times onward.
The Battle of Watling street would not qualify.
3 words.
Henry the Sicth
“Probably died of a case of the murders!” Ha! I got a big laugh out of that line.
I wish the same exact content was in a 15 minute video or so. At this pace I end up repeating what has just been said so many times that I end up taking more than 20 minutes to watch the whole video.
Elizabeth Woodville is my 16th great-grandmother by means of her first marriage to Sir John Grey.
2:32 just a quick reminder that while all this is going on Mehmed II is besieging/conquering Constantinople.
Hey ten minute can you make a Video about hungary any kind it dosent matter but i want a video of the homland please
Hooray! I love this!
All good and thank you very much. But what I don't understand is where the Lannisters and the Starks fit into this?
Basically Game of Thrones..?
yes, The war of roses inspired Thrones
Thanks for stating the obvious
Un-huh, War of the four king (one uncrowned) inspired by a English civil war event in late 1400.
game of thrones is almost ENTIRELY based off of the UK mainly england, even westaros map is the UK flipped around
So the lesson is that lord protectors usually won't step down
Would have been a lot better if they had dragons.
To think this was the inspiration for “Game of Thrones”
Can I ask what the file name for the mentally ill Henry?