History A-Level

political vacuum

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The profound gap in authority created by Henry VI's severe mental illness in 1453, which necessitated a regency.

AQA · 2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499 – The War of the Barons, 1459–1461 (study guide)

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2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499 – The War of the Barons, 1459–1461 (AQA A-Level)

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