Richard III
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No justice for Richard twenty-five years ago, when his magnificent statue got the rough treatment from louts. I’d love to think he ‘came to life’ and rammed that sword where their sun don’t shine!
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We all know that the principal protagonists of Edward II’s reign – the King himself and Roger Mortimer, later Earl of March – were among Richard III’s ancestors. However, this table shows that Anne Neville, his Queen Consort, was descended from Hugh le Despenser the Elder (and also from the Younger) through the Beauchamps of…
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http://www.timeout.com/chicago/blog/casting-announced-for-the-gift-theatres-richard-iii-011216 Do you think Mr Thornton will shave for the role of Richard? Or is there to be a fashion for hirsute Richards? I do hope not. (See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-3388669/TV-historian-adding-Game-Thrones-sizzle-Wars-Roses.html)
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John Wilkes Booth may have assassinated Abraham Lincoln, but prior to that he was a noted Shakespearean actor, who “…framed his King Richard as a very tragic and even sympathetic figure, more so than the character is originally.” http://www.mystatesman.com/news/entertainment/arts-theater/ransom-center-celebrates-shakespeare/npsXK/
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Usurpation, Murder and More
“Princes”, “Tudor” “sources”, Angelo Cato, Croyland, denialists, Dighton, Edmund Dudley, Edward IV, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, evidence, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VI, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Jack Leslau, John Morton, John Russell, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Louis XI, Mancini, Miles Forest, Polydore Vergil, pre-contract, Ralph Shaa, Richard Empson, Richard III, Royal College of Arms, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir Richard Grey, Thomas More, Utopia
Originally posted on Matt's History Blog: I read a series of blog posts recently that sought to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Richard III ordered the deaths of his nephews. Whilst I don’t take issue with holding and arguing this viewpoint I found some of the uses of source material dubious, a few of…
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Oh, good grief, now we have a bearded Richard (totally evil, of course) courtesy of Dan Jones. Mr Jones is having a laugh, right? Must be.
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BOOK REVIEW: WESTMINSTER BONES: The Real Mystery of the Princes in the Tower by Richard Unwin Richard Unwin is an author who generally writes novels set during the Wars of the Roses era (The Lawrence the Armourer series), which contain a positive rather than traditional view of Richard III, as seen through the eyes of…
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A section of the Bayeaux Tapestry showing the death of Harold II Hulton Archive/Getty Images http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/five-missing-kings-and-queens-and-where-we-might-find-them-a6798966.html I think we should all get out our trowels and knee-pads to go digging around again!
