Qualla: Battle of Barnet: The Fog That Decided a Dynasty https://qualla.com/battle-of-barnet en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:21 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/battle-of-barnet-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Barnet: The Fog That Decided a Dynasty https://qualla.com/battle-of-barnet Battle of Barnet: The Fog That Decided a Dynasty: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-barnet/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. The armies assembled in darkness. On the night of Saturday 13 April 1471, Edward IV marched his Yorkist forces north from London and positioned them so close to the Lancastrian lines that neither side could see the other. He ordered his men to keep silent and forbade any gunfire that might reveal their position. When dawn broke on Easter Sunday, it brought not clarity but a thick fog that clung to the fields north of Barnet. The two armies were misaligned, each extending beyond the other's flank on opposite sides. What followed was one of the most important and chaotic battles of the Wars of the Roses, a fight decided as much by weather and confusion as by courage.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/battle-of-barnet-wp/gcpv-battle-of-barnet-the-fog-that-decided-a-dynasty-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Barnet: The Fog That Decided a Dynasty: The Kingmaker Turns https://qualla.com/battle-of-barnet/ Photo credit James William Edmund Doyle / Edmund Evans, Public domain. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, had once been the most powerful man in England after the king. He had placed Edward IV on the throne and earned the title 'Kingmaker.' But the relationship fractured over Edward's secret marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, his favoritism toward her ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/battle-of-barnet-wp/gcpv-battle-of-barnet-the-fog-that-decided-a-dynasty-the-kingmaker-turns.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Barnet: The Fog That Decided a Dynasty: Easter Morning in the Fog https://qualla.com/battle-of-barnet/ Photo credit James Henry Ramsay (1859–1925)[1], Public domain. The battle began at dawn on 14 April, with both armies groping toward each other through fog so dense that men could barely see the soldiers beside them. The misalignment proved catastrophic. On the Lancastrian right, the Earl of Oxford routed the Yorkist left and pursued the fle...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/battle-of-barnet-wp/gcpv-battle-of-barnet-the-fog-that-decided-a-dynasty-easter-morning-in-the-fog.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Barnet: The Fog That Decided a Dynasty: Death of the Kingmaker https://qualla.com/battle-of-barnet/ Photo credit Журнал «Живописное обозрѣнiе странъ свѣта» (1872—1900,1902—1905) / Живописное обозрение стран света [Zhivopisnoye obozreniye stran sveta (Foreign Lands' Pictorial Review)]; Российская национальная библиотека (РНБ); kmv20120, Public domain. With his right wing gone and his center collapsing, Warwick's position became hopeless. Edward pressed the attack personally, his household knights driving into the disintegrating Lancastrian line. Warwick, who had fought on foot to demonstrate his commitment to his soldiers, tri...

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Image: Журнал «Живописное обозрѣнiе странъ свѣта» (1872—1900,1902—1905) / Живописное обозрение стран света [Zhivopisnoye obozreniye stran sveta (Foreign Lands' Pictorial Review)]; Российская национальная библиотека (РНБ); kmv20120 | Public domain

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/battle-of-barnet-wp/gcpv-battle-of-barnet-the-fog-that-decided-a-dynasty-death-of-the-kingmaker.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Barnet: The Fog That Decided a Dynasty: A Kingdom Settled in Mist https://qualla.com/battle-of-barnet/ Photo credit oatsy40, CC BY 2.0. Barnet did not end the Wars of the Roses, but it broke the Lancastrian cause in England for over a decade. Three weeks later, Edward destroyed the remaining Lancastrian army at the Battle of Tewkesbury, and Henry VI died in the Tower shortly afterward. Edward would rule unchallen...

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