The Battle of Towton (March 29, 1461) wasn’t a “medieval skirmish.” It was a full-scale civil war collision in a snowstorm—one of the largest and most lethal battles ever fought in England. Yorkists and Lancastrians slammed into each other for hours, ranks packed tight, footing ruined by mud and melting snow, the fighting turning into a grinding shove of spear, bill, sword, and sheer exhaustion. Towton mattered because it decided a crown. Edward IV was young, newly proclaimed, and not yet secure