medieval characters
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This is the third You Tube video that Richard III Society has posted, debunking some of the myths regarding Richard. They are quite short, between five and just over ten minutes long. This is the third one: Who was Richard III? Busting the Mythology: 3. Did He Murder Rivers and Grey?
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We’ve all seen the effigy of Henry VII, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VII-king-of-England. What a lanky, stretch-necked sort of figure he must have presented, especially at the 6 feet 1 inch height of his complete effigy. He was something of a clothes-horse, a little like the supermodels of today, but without the looks! He died in 1509 at the…
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To say that Henry VII isn’t our favourite person is a monumental understatement, but of course we Ricardians are stuck with him. We’re also stuck with his reign, which dragged on from Bosworth until his death on 21 April 1509. But his reign is important for all sorts of reasons, not least because the people…
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High on a cliff on the Isle of Portland near Weymouth , Dorset (not really an island; it’s joined to the land by a long causeway) stands the battered block of an ancient castle looking out across the waves. It is privately owned, so not accessible for touring , but it is clearly visible from…
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This post is to draw attention to an illustrated talk by the excellent Dr Toby Capwell, who famously rode in full armour in Richard III’s 2015 reinterment procession. It is definitely something to which to look forward. The talk is called The Scoliotic Knight: Reconstructing the real Richard III and as the title suggests concerns…
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It is said that almost every European, statistically, is descended from Charlemagne, and one of his descendants was Richard III. Here is one of the possible pedigrees from Richard to Charlemagne (as Charlemagne had many children via numerous women, there are likely to be several routes from Richard to him). It’s in three parts –…
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Polls are always interesting, whether for getting it wrong at General Elections or coming up with figures that take everyone so by surprise that no one believes them. If you go to this link—https://tinyurl.com/5c64bp23—you’ll find that YouGov has set about composing, in order of popularity and familiarity, a league of English/British monarchs….and an accompanying article…
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In rural Berkshire stands the little stone church of Aldworth. What makes this church remarkable is the numerous medieval effigies contained within, memorials to an important family with the surname ‘de la Beche’. Over the years, these effigies got called the ‘Aldworth giants’ and became something of a local attraction. Was there any truth to…
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This is the second You Tube video that Richard III Society has posted, debunking some of the myths regarding Richard. They are quite short, between five and just over ten minutes long. Here is this one: Who was Richard III? Busting the Mythology: 2. Did He Murder Hastings?
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