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The Battle of Barnet in a 15th-century illustration from a Ghent manuscript.Image: Unknown 15th-century artist · Public domainworld · Europe
The Battle of Barnet
On Easter Sunday, in thick morning fog north of London, the Yorkist King Edward IV defeated the Lancastrian army led by the Earl of Warwick, ‘the Kingmaker’, who had changed sides and briefly restored Henry VI. Warwick was killed as he fled. Victory at Tewkesbury three weeks later made Edward’s throne secure. The date is by the Julian calendar.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Battle of Barnet ↗
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