Subtitle The War Of The Roses -

: Powerful nobles maintained private armies (livery and maintenance), allowing local disputes to escalate into national warfare. III. The Three Phases of War

: King Henry VI (Lancaster) was a pious but ineffective ruler who suffered from mental instability, creating a power vacuum. subtitle The War of the Roses

: A thirty-year power struggle between two branches of the royal House of Plantagenet. : Powerful nobles maintained private armies (livery and