Factional rivalries + impact on society

• • Private rivalries = key factor but not main cause - weak gov + ineffective king
  • H6 made many attempts to keep peace but failed every time
• Impacts

  • living in areas of disputes - caught up in fighting, not able to get legal disputes settled
  • Uncertainty over running country
  • 1459 - Use of canons in St.Albans affected residents - a lot to repair and recover from
  • Widows, orphans, bereaved relatives of Nobles + common soldiers
  • widows keep inheritances but lost any estates
  • Aristocratic families - suffered loss of land, possessions + titles