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| Saturday, 13-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Warwick Castle : Part 3
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THE KINGMAKER
The Kingmaker attraction recreates the mid fifteenth century world of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, Kingmaker.
The Wars of the Roses, which began in the early 1450s and ended with the battle of Bosworth in 1485, were a prolonged struggle for supremacy between the Houses of York and Lancaster. During this time, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick from 1449 - 1471 became known as 'The Kingmaker'. Neville's family connections made him a Yorkist. He held a command at the battle of St Albans in 1455 that brought about the defeat of the Lancastrians and the capture of Henry VI. By 1461, the Yorkists had won the first war of succession and the son of the Duke of York became King Edward IV.
Neville's power began to wane when King Edward married Elizabeth Woodville. Plotting with Edward's brother, the Duke of Clarence, he raised an army in 1469 and took the king prisoner, holding him at Warwick Castle. Trying to rule through a captive king proved futile, and Warwick fled to France, pledging his allegiance to the exiled wife of Henry VI. He then returned to England, overthrew Edward, and restored Henry to the throne. Warwick was killed at the battle of Barnet in 1471.
In the days before Warwick's army moved south in that spring of 1471, the Castle would have been a hive of activity. Troops had to be summoned and levied, weapons cleaned and provisions collected.
In 'Kingmaker - a preparation for battle' you can see how a mediaeval household prepared for Richard Neville's final battle - find out how weapons were made, how the army was clothed and what mediaeval life was really like through sights, sounds and even smells!
( sumber : http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk )
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