The Love Day procession
1458 · Event
Henry VI stages a public reconciliation: the feuding lords process to St Paul's hand in hand, Yorkists paired with the sons of the men they killed at St Albans, the queen walking with York himself. Everyone smiles; everyone keeps their retainers armed. Within a year the war resumes.
On these timelines: Wars of the Roses, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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