The war about The War of the Roses

[potioncat]

> > Carol: 
> > * I didn't list Henry V and his father Henry IV as Lancastrian kings
> > yesterday because they predate the Wars of the Roses. Henry IV 
> deposed
> > and imprisoned his childless cousin Richard II and may have had him
> > killed.


Potioncat:
My history is weaker than I thought. I always thought the War of the 
Roses referred to the whole York-Lancaster rivalry starting with John 
of Gaunt's generation. I didn't realise it was specific to the later 
set of battles. So my interest has always been towards the earlier 
generations, while Carol's has been to the more recent ones.