Social Condition of England during the Wars of the Roses Author(s): Vincent B. Redstone Source: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, New Series, Vol. 16 (1902), pp. 159-200 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3678121 Accessed: 27-06-2016 09:27 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Royal Historical Society, Cambridge University Press are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Transactions of the Royal Historical Society This content downloaded from 198.91.37.2 on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 09:27:49 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms SOCIAL CONDITION OF ENGL ANI) DURING THE WARS OF THE ROSES. BY VINCENT B. REDSTONE Read Marsk 20, I902. THE social life of the inhabitants of England during the Introduc years of strife which brought about the destruction of the t on- feudal nobility, gave to the middle class a new position in the State, and freed the serf from the shackles of bondage, has been for some time past a subject of peculiar interest to the student of English history.