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The Wars of the Roses was a prolonged period of civil unrest in England, focussed on a period of just over thirty years which saw seventeen battles between rivals, the initiative swinging swiftly between the sides and the crown changing hands four times as a direct result of battles won and lost. One of the…
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Prominent composer Nico Muhly spoke to students about his creative process and thoughts on music and society last Friday. Photo courtesy of Aston Magna Music Festival. A bit impenetrable for me. fell by the wayside after a few paragraphs, but the more stalwart (and intelligent) will probably make it to the end. And understand it…
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Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Love, ambition, fame, self-interest, fear, religious conviction, physical desire for something or someone, patriotism, duty, compassion, self-sacrifice, revenge or bitter hatred. Historians make a case for the various motivations of historical figures in order to try and understand these people themselves and then persuade their readership through their analysis as to…
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This is a repeat of last year’s course, but for those who might be interested in applying, here’s a link. http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2016/february/free-online-course-offers-unique-insights-into-the-time-of-richard-iii
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from King René’s Tournament Book The only thing I am concerned with here is what is actually meant by the term “white armour”. And I do not refer to the star trooper that is supposed to be Richard III. Plus, I am definitely not an armour buff, but just trying to fathom some of the…
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Before I write another word, let me say that this post is meant to be light-hearted, and has nothing whatsoever to do with any ill-feeling about Leicester versus York. I think the photograph is amusing and, as someone has posted on my Facebook page, how on earth is he going to keep that hat on during…
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An argument has arisen for and against using vellum for recording our laws, as stored on the amazingly full shelves of the Act Room. Paper is indeed more perishable. Just imagine having the Magna Carta on paper! How insignificant it would appear. Not insignificant in content, of course, but all the same… I have seen…
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3298555/You-DON-T-need-degree-enjoy-Shakespeare-says-furious-Antony-Sher.html
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Originally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: My morning ritual involves making a pot of coffee: I can’t function without it! Normally, I don’t connect Richard III with the process of brewing a pot of Joe, but today, I happened to reach for a coffee mug that I’d received as a gift upon graduating from law school…
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Here is a ‘potted’ history of this enigmatic lady. I say enigmatic because she and Henry VII were thought to have married and then fallen in love, but no one really knows. He was certainly devastated when she died in childbirth, but was it the devastation of heartbreak? We will never find out, I suspect,…
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