Sunday, 6 February 2011

Sunday 160 War

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.
(160 characters)
-
Labels: , , , , , , ,

12 comments:

  1. Brian Miller6 February 2011 at 12:51

    nice bit of history...my mind went immediately tot he movie with michael douglas....

    ReplyDelete
  2. Jinksy6 February 2011 at 13:28

    I never remeber which colour's which. Thanks for the timely reminder!

    ReplyDelete
  3. gautami tripathy6 February 2011 at 14:11

    Too good...!

    let it grow big

    ReplyDelete
  4. Unknown6 February 2011 at 16:03

    Nice work!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Monkey Man6 February 2011 at 17:05

    Nicely 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.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Belle6 February 2011 at 17:41

    I like the fact a war ended up being a union.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Alice Audrey6 February 2011 at 18:35

    Oh, so that's how they ended up with a Duke of York as a prince?

    ReplyDelete
  8. Living In Williamsburg Virginia6 February 2011 at 18:45

    Great 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.

    Darryl and Ruth : )

    ReplyDelete
  9. Gattina7 February 2011 at 08:12

    I never thought that the title of the movie with Michael Douglas came from THIS war of roses !

    ReplyDelete
  10. Deborah7 February 2011 at 09:36

    Perfectly done!

    ReplyDelete
  11. ChrisJ8 February 2011 at 07:55

    We 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.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Kay L. Davies12 February 2011 at 06:30

    Nicely done - 160 exactly!
    -- K

    ReplyDelete



Thank you for visiting. I love to read your comments and really appreciate you taking the time to respond to posts.

I will always try to repay your visit whenever possible.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)