Succession to the British throne branch of the royal house of Lancaster, the House of Beaufort, assumed the English crown as Henry VII, after defeating Richard III, who was killed at the battle of Bosworth when leading a charge against Henry's standard. Richard was the last king of the House of York, and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. Henry declared himself king retroactively from 21 August 1485, the day before his victory over Richard at Bosworth Field, and caused Richard's "Titulus Regius" to be repealed and expunged from the Rolls of Parliament. After Henry's coronation in London in October that year, his first parliament,
Who Shall Die Who Shall Die Who Shall Die is a 1945 existentialist play written by Simone de Beauvoir. The play takes place in 14th Century Vaucelles, a city in Flanders. "Who Shall Die" centers around the d’Avesnes' family and their adopted children, Jean-Pierre and Jeanne during the siege against the Burgundians. The play deals with themes of feminism, power, and suffering. Simone de Beauvoir’s other popular work includes, "The Second Sex", "The Mandarins", "The Prime of Life", "Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter," and "The Force of Circumstance". "Who Shall Die" was written post World War II in 1945. During this time, Beauvoir