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Transition to the Modern Age (1455-1688) 1. The Wars of the Roses The name Wars of the Roses refers to the battles between the House of Lancaster, symbolized by the red rose, and that of York, symbolized by the white, from 1455 to 1485. Henry Tudor, descendant of Duke of Lancaster won victory at Bosworth Field in 1458 and put the country under the rule of the Tudors. From these Wars, English feudalism received its fatal blow. The great medieval nobility was much weakened. The king’s power became supreme. Henry VII (1485-1509) and the House of Tudor (1485-1603) There were five Tud