The Cause of the Breakout of Civil War 1455
- Created by: Emily Barber
- Created on: 12-05-13 10:19
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- How far were military defeats in France responsible for the outbreak of civil conflict in 1455?
- Loss of France
- Where the York and Somerset feud begins
- No evidence they disliked each other before the loss
- Discredits Henry's government
- York's letter to Shrewsbury
- May have triggered Henry's nervous breakdown in 1453
- Where the York and Somerset feud begins
- Weak Monarchy
- "Shabby treatment" of York
- Poor choice of favourites
- Suffolk corrupt
- Somerset poor military leader
- Loss of France
- Where the York and Somerset feud begins
- No evidence they disliked each other before the loss
- Discredits Henry's government
- York's letter to Shrewsbury
- May have triggered Henry's nervous breakdown in 1453
- Where the York and Somerset feud begins
- Loss of France
- Somerset dominating
- York's letter to Shrewsbury 1452
- Unable to solve feuds
- Percy vs Neville spills over into St Albans
- ignites Warwick vs Somerset
- York vs Somerset
- "Escalation of private feuds... did not themselves provoke the Wars of the Roses...yet the private feuds made possible York's later attempts to force himself into power" - Lander
- Extravagant
- Lack of Royal Funds
- Restricted grants of patronage
- Owes York large sums of money
- Lack of Royal Funds
- Overmighty Subjects
- Weak Monarchy
- "Shabby treatment" of York
- Poor choice of favourites
- Suffolk corrupt
- Somerset poor military leader
- Somerset dominating
- York's letter to Shrewsbury 1452
- Unable to solve feuds
- Percy vs Neville spills over into St Albans
- ignites Warwick vs Somerset
- York vs Somerset
- "Escalation of private feuds... did not themselves provoke the Wars of the Roses...yet the private feuds made possible York's later attempts to force himself into power" - Lander
- Extravagant
- Lack of Royal Funds
- Restricted grants of patronage
- Owes York large sums of money
- Lack of Royal Funds
- Somerset
- Provoked York at the Council of Leicester 1455
- Handed over Rouen without a fight
- Always bound to happen, they would never have accepted an English King
- Can only stay in power as long as the King supports him
- York
- Raised armies against the King
- Demanded Somerset be handed over
- "Unacceptable demand of a King's favourite - Griffiths
- Victim of Shabby Treatment
- Sent to Ireland
- Kept off the King's Council
- Left feeling isolated after his bills were ignored
- Warwick
- Provoked York to attack at St Albans
- Provoked by Henry
- Weak Monarchy
- Loss of France
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