Causes Of Instability In Henry Vi's

Whilst Henry VI’s was in rule during the 1450’s, England had many issues and problems that cause such instability in the country. One of the largest factors arguably is the loss of the Hundred Years war between The French and English over France. This in turn caused many problems to occur with links to almost every feud the country faced. Yet some historians argue that Normandy wasn’t the main issue of instability in England instead of other reasons such as instability.
In England, political instability was due to the nobles (who advise the king in his decisions and fund the crown if needed) using Henry VI’s and the crown’s crippling debt for their own gains. An example of misguidance for Henry for the nobles’ gains, an example is Richard Duke

This revolt was in 1450 when William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk was exiled and killed in travel. Many believed that the people of Kent were responsible and so this led many citizens to storm London. When Cade’s Rebellion was in full effect, Henry VI fled from London which showed the people how weak the king was and how little it took to push the crown to such extremes. To make matters worse, Jack Cade, who was predicted to run the rebellion, had a rumoured to be related to Richard Duke of York, which caused the common people to think that the government isn’t a polished and well-rounded system that they were made to believe which later showed the exposure of other nobles like [fill in]. Even the matter that a rebellion occurred showed how instable England was even before Normandy was lost.
Although there are many examples of extreme factors that contributed to instability of England. Other historians talk say that the loss of Normandy did have a huge effect on England and English rule at the time and still is the major contributor to the Battle of St. Albans which would be the start of War of the

This is because of many refugees that occurred from the lost as they were citizens that had moved to France during the success of the Hundred Year War. This meant that there was a rapid increase in population causing homelessness to occur and this made the already poor to rich ratio incline quickly meaning it meant more citizens looking for jobs. It also meant a shortage on food since most of the refugees went to big cities for work and housing. This made the general population question their king since little to no support was ever shown by Henry VI as he still had to sort out many feuds with the nobles to keep a steady income for the crown, not to mention the support for Henry VI