The importance of Richard's reign is that it marks the close of the
Wars of the Roses. Those thirty years of civil strife destroyed the
predominating influence of the feudal barons. Henry Tudor (S314) now
becomes the central figure, and will ascend the throne as Henry VII.
General Reference Summary of the Lancastrian and Yorkist Period
(1399-1485)
I. Government. II. Religion. III. Military Affairs.
IV. Literature, Learning, and Art. V. General Industry and Commerce.
VI. Mode of Life, Manners, and Customs