542: Wars of the Roses Jun 2, 2016

The Wars of the Roses, often mistakenly referred to as "The War of the Roses" were a series of skirmishes in England between 1455 to 1485 as the House of Lancaster and the House of York both vied for power. The name of the war is set on the badges used by the two sides: those who wore red roses stood for the Lancastrians and those who wore white rose stood for the Yorkists.