religion
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All that Ricardians and Yorkists need to know about this article is the following: “….Richard III (1483-1485): He was the brother of Edward IV. His ruthless method of removing all opposition and the alleged murder of his nephews made his rule very unpopular….” Ruthless? Richard? If he had been, Margaret Beaufort would have been…
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At first glance you’d think this article by Peter Hitchens of the Mail Online is going to be in praise of Tony Blair, especially when you also see the above photograph. But the former Prime Minister only comes into it to illustrate how at least one modern myth sprang up. The article goes on the…
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13 October was the Feast of the Translation of Edward the Confessor, who was Richard II’s most cherished saint and king. So great was Richard’s veneration that he even impaled the Confessor’s arms with the royal arms of England. See above. And on this day every year of he presented a gift at the saint’s…
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Christ Stapleton (the Deputy News Editor who identifies as He/Him) has written an article about “the run-up to Roses [2023]”. You can read about Roses 2023 here. Unfortunately, the first mention of Richard III describes him as “infamous”. Then we get: “….Richard schemed to have his brother’s two children proved illegitimate, which would allow him…
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If Becket was a turbulent priest, Roger Bacon was a turbulent scholar, philosopher, scientist and theologian. According to this article he was “….a 13th-century scholar whose contributions to science, philosophy, theology, and linguistics challenged traditional ways of thinking and paved the way for new ideas and advancements….” Well, his activities were that all right, and…
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I am currently reading the new edition of The History of King Richard the Third by Sir George Buc. This is a massive tome, by any standards, and certainly, no light read. I have barely begun to absorb the contents, but one interesting discussion in the (very large) introduction is about the famous letter which…
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Was it really spring 2014 when the crown that John Ashdown-Hill had made for Richard III’s reinterment was put on display at Tewkesbury Abbey? All of nine years ago! Like many others I went to see it and happened to enter the abbey at a time when there was a lull in the arrivals. I…
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“Beauforts”, “Perkin”, “The History of King Richard III”, accuracy, Ancestry, Annette Carson, antiquaries, Arthur Kincaid, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Bigods, Catherine de Roet, character, denialists, executions, fire, George Buck, Henry VII, heralds, Hereward the Wake, Howards, illegitimacy, John of Gaunt, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lancastrians, More, notes, pre-contract, Ricardian, Richard III Society, Royal Bastards: Rise of the Tudors, scoliosis, Scotland, Sir George Buc, Sir Hugh Swynford, Sir Robert Buck, Sir Robert Cotton, Society of Antiquaries, Statute of Merton, Stewarts, Tiberius, Titulus Regius, viva voceHere it is at last, a publication sponsored by the Society of Antiquaries and the Richard III Society. Over forty years after his last edition of Buc‘s magnum opus, Arthur Kincaid has managed to remove the “wrapping paper” added by the author’s less painstaking great-nephew and namesake so that only the original remains. Through the…
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Winchester College is a very prestigious establishment…not your average comprehensive, that’s for sure! If you go to this link you’ll learn of the very long and interesting history that comes with the college. And you’ll find a great many illustrations, including the below….which suggests to me that someone needs to get to work cleaning away…
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