The Battle of Wakefield and the Wars of the Roses By Keith Dockray The Ricardian, Vol.9, no.117 (1992) Introduction: The Battle of Wakefield, fought on 30 December 1460 (almost certainly, and unusually, during the afternoon), was the fifth of about fifteen set-piece military confrontations that punctuated the so-called Wars of the Roses between 1455 and […]