This week the Sunday 160 prompt from Monkey Man is 'War'
Tudor rose, an amalgamation of the red and white roses of Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
The Wars of the Roses – red for Lancashire and white Yorkshire – resulted in the union of the two Plantagenet houses when Henry Tudor married Elizabeth of York.
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nice bit of history...my mind went immediately tot he movie with michael douglas....
ReplyDeleteI never remeber which colour's which. Thanks for the timely reminder!
ReplyDeleteToo good...!
ReplyDeletelet it grow big
Nice work!
ReplyDeleteNicely woven bit of history in your Sunday 160. You can write on any topic you know. It is all about the 160 not a photo or word prompt. Thank you for playing along.
ReplyDeleteI like the fact a war ended up being a union.
ReplyDeleteOh, so that's how they ended up with a Duke of York as a prince?
ReplyDeleteGreat history and post. When we lived in Pennsylvania, we lived in York County and were adjacent to Lancaster County which used the white and red rose, respectively, as their emblems.
ReplyDeleteDarryl and Ruth : )
I never thought that the title of the movie with Michael Douglas came from THIS war of roses !
ReplyDeletePerfectly done!
ReplyDeleteWe have a War of the Roses at our house. My husband is from Lancashire and I'm from Yorkshire. I did a drawing, quite a simple one of the two roses entwined.
ReplyDeleteNicely done - 160 exactly!
ReplyDelete-- K