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Love Day Reconciliation

Type Event Region England Time 1458

On 25 March 1458 (the Feast of the Annunciation, popularly known as Love Day), Henry VI presided over a grand public reconciliation ceremony in Londo…

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  1. 1458Westminster · EnglandPushed by Queen Margaret of Anjou and others, Henry VI ordered the nobles of both factions summoned to London, arranged a public reconciliation ceremony, and required both sides to exchange apologies and share compensation for the dead of the Battle of St Albans.
  2. 1458London streets to St Paul's Cathedral · EnglandThe Duke of York, the Earl of Warwick, and other Yorkist and Lancastrian nobles marched in procession and, before St Paul's Cathedral, embraced one another in the prearranged pairs as a show of goodwill. The king attended in person, and the spectacle was extravagantly lavish, intended to display the kingdom's unity to the people.
  3. 1458England · EnglandAlthough the ceremony completed the sharing of compensation and a superficial peace, the distribution of power and the standoff of local armed forces were not fundamentally resolved. The Yorkists still felt marginalized and the Lancastrians remained highly guarded; in 1459 the two sides took up arms again, and the Love Day reconciliation achieved very limited results.

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