Wars of the Roses: What It Was Like for Ordinary People | History for Sleep (2 Hours, No Music)

Drift off in a small English abbey town through thirty years of the Wars of the Roses, seen not from the battlefield but from the street where ordinary people lived. From a bell ringing in Holywell Street to a red and white rose painted on an inn sign: two battles in the town itself, ale and bread for passing armies, news coming down the London road, snow on Palm Sunday, fog at Easter, wool for Calais and, at last, the boar and the dragon. Chapters 0:00 The Bell in Holywell Street 9:21 Forty-Eight Graves 18:24 Ale and the London Road 26:47 The Wine of Ludlow 35:21 Word from the North 43:20 The Second Battle 52:25 Snow on Palm Sunday 59:34 New Gold and a Secret Wedding 1:07:06 The Cooper's Barrel 1:15:46 Fog at Easter 1:24:38 The Quiet After Tewkesbury 1:32:22 Wool for Calais 1:40:01 The Boar and the Dragon 1:48:22 The Rose on the Sign A story based on real events. The family is imagined; the town, the battles, the kings and the dates are real. Narrated by an AI voice. Images AI-generated and checked for period accuracy. The script was written for this channel. Please do not listen while driving.