
The forgotten matriarch of the Wars of the Roses
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The Hundred Years War
Richard is sent by king henry the sixth to france numerous times, and cecily at points goes with him. What was their experience of the conflict like? I think one of the things i have noted about richard was that he was a far better administr than he was a fighter. So although he did fight in the french wars, he placed a lot of the military responsibility for the conduct of the war in the hands of john talbot who became the earl of h shrewsbury. He spent most of his time actually administering normandy out of rouen. They spent most of their time in rouen.
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