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Edgecote Moor, Battle of

Years: 1469 - 1469

The Battle of Edgecote Moor takes place six miles northeast of Banbury (Oxfordshire), England on July 26, 1469 during the Wars of the Roses.

The site of the battle is actually Danes Moor in Northamptonshire, at a crossing of a tributary of the River Cherwell.

The battle pits the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, against those of King Edward IV.

The battle is considered to be an important turning point in the course of the war.

"History should be taught as the rise of civilization, and not as the history of this nation or that. It should be taught from the point of view of mankind as a whole, and not with undue emphasis on one's own country. Children should learn that every country has committed crimes and that most crimes were blunders. They should learn how mass hysteria can drive a whole nation into folly and into persecution of the few who are not swept away by the prevailing madness."

—Bertrand Russell, On Education (1926)