The History of North America podcast is a sweeping historical saga of the United States,

Canada, and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch.

Join me, Mark Vinet, on this exciting, fascinating epic journey through time, focusing on the compelling,

wonderful, and tragic stories of North America's inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders,

environment, and geography.

I invite you to come along for the ride!

Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast, the unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes,

Mythbust's historical lies, and rediscover the forgotten stories that changed our world.

I'm your host, Scott Rank.

Hi everyone, welcome to this in-between-a-sode where I answer any question that you have about history.

Today's question comes from Jack Lease.

Take it away, Jack.

What's his number?

Oversus.

The War of the Roses.

If you grew up in England, this is old hat to you, and you probably had to memorize it as part of whatever examinations were necessary to enter into university.

If so, I apologize.

If you're not from England, you probably don't know very much about it, although you might have heard it the title before.

The War of the Roses, or the Wars of the Roses, were a series of dynastic civil wars between the House of Lancaster and York for the English throne,

which preceded the strong government of the two doors, and it was named years afterwards for the supposed badges of the contending parties.

The House of Lancaster, War Red, or the House of York had a white rose.

Both houses claimed the throne through dissent from the sons of Edward III.

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