The Battle of Towton (March 29, 1461) wasn’t a “medieval skirmish.” It was a full-scale civil war collision in a snowstorm—one of the largest and most lethal battles ever fought in England. Yorkists and Lancastrians slammed into each other for hours, ranks packed tight, footing ruined by mud and melting snow, the fighting turning into a grinding shove of spear, bill, sword, and sheer exhaustion. Towton mattered because it decided a crown. Edward IV was young, newly proclaimed, and not yet secure
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The Battle of Towton was fought at the worst possible moment, in the worst possible conditions, by men who knew retreat meant death. England was tearing itself apart during the Wars of the Roses. Two dynasties—Lancaster and York—claimed the same crown. On Palm Sunday, March 29, 1461, their armies met on a frozen plateau in Yorkshire. The Lancastrians held the high ground. The Yorkists held something deadlier: the wind. Snow blew straight into Lancastrian faces. Their archers fired blind. Arrows
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