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Sketch of the battle of Blore Heath, howing the final disastrous charge of the Lancastrians

9 battles that shaped the Wars of the Roses – from St Albans to Tewkesbury

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Part ten in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1450–1499

Turning points 1483: Richard grabs the throne . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Watercolor Painting Depicting Battle of Agincourt (Photo by © Historical Picture Archive/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Turning points 1415: The battle of Agincourt . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 in England began in Brentwood, Essex as a protest at the collection of poll tax and reached a climax at Smithfield, London. Richard II (1367-1800) met the Kentish peasants who, under Watt Tyler (d1381), were demanding the end of serfdom. During the meeting William Walworth (d1385) Lord Mayor of London, wounded Wat Tyler who was taken to St Bartholomew's Hospital but was later dragged out of the hospital and beheaded. 19th century lithograph. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Turning points 1381: The Peasants’ Revolt . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Miniature depicting a couple suffering from the blisters of the Black Death, the bubonic plague that swept Europe in the Middle Ages. From the Swiss manuscript the Toggenburg Bible, 1411. Pigment on vellum. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

Turning points 1348: The Black Death . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Part six in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1200–1249

Turning points 1295: Edward I consolidates English rule . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Part five in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1250–1299

Turning points 1215: Magna Carta . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Part four in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1150–1199

Turning points 1171: The English invasion of Ireland . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Part three in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1100–1149

Turning points 1141: Stephen v Matilda . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

William the Conqueror was the second king of England to be crowned in 1066

The coronation of William of Normandy on Christmas Day in 1066

Christmas merriment in an old English manor in the 1500s

How to host a medieval Christmas

A Victorian Christmas card

HistoryExtra’s Christmas history quiz

A 13th-century fresco showing Isabella of Angouleme, Eleanor of Aquitaine and two squires

Eleanor of Aquitaine: the worst royal mother-in-law?

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Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones Revolution 1348–1527 AD . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones Rebirth 1216–1347 AD . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.