Historically Petty on Instagram: "Warwick’s Puppet Show: The 1470 Readeption of Henry VI The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) were basically a dynastic cage match: Lancaster’s red rose vs. York’s white. Poor Henry VI, Lancastrian baby king since 1422, wasn’t exactly built for the role. More monk than monarch, he spent much of his reign buried in prayer and books, not politics. A mental collapse in 1453 left him speechless and immobile for over a year, and even at his best, he was a liability more t