Editing Edward III of England (section)

== Later events ==
Edward's grandson, the young Richard II, faced political and economic problems, many resulting from the Black Death, including the [[Peasants' Revolt]] that broke out across the south of England in 1381.{{sfn|Rubin|2006|pp=120–121}}{{sfn|Dunn|2002|p=73}} Over the coming decades, Richard and groups of nobles vied for power and control of policy towards France until [[Henry IV of England|Henry of Bolingbroke]] seized the throne with the support of Parliament in 1399.{{sfn|Rubin|2006|pp=168–172}}{{sfn|Myers|1978|pp=30–35}} Ruling as Henry IV, he exercised power through a royal council and Parliament, while attempting to enforce political and religious conformity.{{sfn|Rubin|2006|pp=182–183, 186}}{{sfn|Myers|1978|p=133}} His son, [[Henry V of England|Henry V]], reinvigorated the war with France and came close to achieving strategic success shortly before his death in 1422.{{sfn|Rubin|2006|pp=213–214, 220–223}}{{sfn|Myers|1978|pp=120–121}} [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] became king at the age of only nine months and both the English political system and the military situation in France began to unravel.{{sfn|Rubin|2006|pp=224–227}}{{sfn|Myers|1978|pp=122–125}}

A sequence of bloody civil wars – later termed the [[Wars of the Roses]] – erupted in 1455, spurred on by an economic crisis and a widespread perception of poor government.{{sfn|Hicks|2012|pp=3–8}} The idea that Edward III was to blame for the later-15th century Wars of the Roses was prevalent as late as the 19th century, but came to be challenged in the 20th.{{sfn|Carpenter|1997|pp=20, 32–33}}{{sfn|Pollard|1988|p=12}}