Richard III
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“….Music students from Leicester’s De Montfort University (DMU), have composed a series of pieces to mark the 10th anniversary of the reinterment of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral. The cathedral commissioned the works as part of its ‘oral history’ of the remarkable story, which came to a head in 2015 when the former monarch’s…
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St Cuthbert was one of Richard’s favoured saints, being associated with the north of England, but who was he? Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (c. 634/5 – 20 March 687) was a saint of the early Northumbrian church. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in Northumbria, today in northern…
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While it’s fascinating to learn about the well-known photograph of Richard’s remains (see above) it’s also dismally evident that the university is still hogging the limelight (pun intended) where his discovery is concerned, see the video at https://tinyurl.com/ycxv44ds. Not one mention of Philippa Langley, the Richard III Society or any other “outsider”. It’s all the…
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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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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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These are probably the first things we think of when we picture mediaeval feasts, although both of them were thought of as tough and difficut to digest. However most great banquets had either one or the other of these, served in full plumage, because they made such an impressive spectacle. They were often served at…
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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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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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