A loveday was held at St Paul's Cathedral on 25 March 1458 (Annunciation Day) to ritually reconcile the warring factions of the English nobility. Following the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses in 1455, it was the culmination of lengthy negotiations initiated by King Henry VI to resolve the lords' rivalries.
A loveday was held at St Paul's Cathedral on 25 March 1458 (Annunciation Day) to ritually reconcile the warring factions of the English nobility. Following the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses in 1455, it was the culmination of lengthy negotiations initiated by King Henry VI to resolve the lords' rivalries.
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