The Wars of the Roses.

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The Wars of the Roses took place in England between the years ________ and
_________. In those times England was not a united country but divided between rival
members of the ____________ family, whose rule were based in the cities of __________
and ______________. It was called the Wars of the Roses as the two factions took
different coloured roses as their respective symbols. The house of __________ had a red
rose while the house of ___________ had a white one.
Draw a map of Britain showing the location of the two cities:
Richard III
Richard III was the nal king of the _____________
dynasty. He came from the city of ___________ and
was known as Richard of _______________ before
becoming king.
The nal battle of the War of the Roses took place
between Richard and his rival Henry Tudor at
_______________ eld in the year___________.
The battle was won by ______________ which
marked the end of the Wars of the Roses and the rule
of the Plantagenet kings. According to Shakespeare
Richard was heard lamenting .... my kingdom for a
___________!!! before dying at the end of the battle.
After Richards death he was demonized by the new dynasty and it is very difcult to tell
fact from ction. Richards body disappeared and its location passed into the realm of
myth. We can see this propaganda quite clearly in the work of William Shakespeare who
wrote many plays about the period of the Wars of the Roses.
What did Richard look like according to Shakespeare? List three distinct features:
1.
2.
3.
Shakespeare also tells us the fate of Richards nephews, the princes who were his rivals
for the crown. The two princes disappeared in mysterious circumstances and it was
believed that they were imprisoned in the __________________ and eventually executed.
How much of this is true? Its common for a new king to say that his predecessor did
terrible things, in order to legitimize his rule. However Richards body has recently been
discovered in the city of ______________ near to where the battle of Bosworth took place.
He had been buried in the church of ___________, which was later destroyed by Henry
VIII, but the foundations remained. The location where Richards body was found is now a
_____________ in the city centre!
Interestingly enough, the back bone of his skeleton shows clear signs of the medical
condition known as ______________ which would have accounted for his supposed
deformity.
Find a picture of Richards remains and draw a picture of his skeleton:
The End of the Wars of the Roses
Henry was crowned king and he became known as Henry VII. After the War of the Roses
the victorious __________ family used a red and white rose as a symbol of ___________.
Can you nd a picture of this Rose? Draw it here:
Tudor England
The new dynasty ruled England for many years and
include famous kings and queens such as:
Henry VIII
Ruled from _________ until _________. He had a grant
total of ______ wives during his life time, the rst of
which being the Spanish princess ____________ of
_____________. He is the king responsible for the
Church of England, changing the national religion to
_________________.
Elizabeth I
Ruled from __________ until ___________. She was
Henry VIIIs ___________ and ruled during the golden
age of England, known as the Elizabethan period, which
produced many great artists, musicians and dramatists
such as ______________. She was queen at the time of
the attempted invasion force of the _____________
Armada sent by king _________ in the year ________.
Its a great irony that her father married so many times
as he wanted to have a son to follow him as king, yet it
was his daughter who was responsible for the English
golden age!
What are the national symbols of Britain?
Draw and write names on the chart below:
Flag: Saint: Flower: Animal:
England:
Scotland:
Wales:
Ireland: