Richard III
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“If all you see is what you’ve seen before, you’re going to miss half of what’s going on.” ~Diana Bennett, “Beauty & the Beast” I’m in the middle of reading a book called The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler, written by Robert Waite. The publisher marketed the 1977 book as a psycho-historical examination of Hitler that…
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http://royalcentral.co.uk/royalhistory/plans-unveiled-to-excavate-faversham-field-in-hope-of-finding-king-stephen-46921
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As a fan of both American and British talk radio, I happily tuned into the BBC’s well-named Moral Maze program last week to hear Dr. Ashdown-Hill talk about the reinterment of King Richard the Third. For those of us who love the high-pitched tenor of American talk radio – which is often akin to being trapped…
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I write, having watched some of the day live and then the highlights programme. It was moving in many different ways. Sadly, Channel Four decided to utilise Dr. David Starkey again for their coverage and he was even more erratic than usual when he strays from his own area of expertise. “The Richard III Society…
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Chatting with California artist Karen King (2013) Rather by accident the work of California artist Karen King came to my attention via her magnificent painting, Richard and Anne. Inspired by a passage from The Sunne in Splendour, Sharon Kay Penman’s epic novel of Richard III, it depicts the then Duke of Gloucester and his future…
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There were many good things about this programme. Dr. Janina Ramirez joined Dr. John Ashdown-Hill and the lawyer Bertram Fields. All three have studied the late medieval period in detail and in different ways. Then there was Dr. David Starkey. He is a renowned expert on the 1509-1603 period but tends to derive his views…
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We know that Edward IV made the Duke of Gloucester Constable of England for life in 1471, when he was restored but deprived of the services of John Tiptoft (Earl of Worcester) and Richard, Earl Rivers, both of whom had been executed during the Warwick-Lancastrian revolt. So he was definitely Constable in the aftermath of…
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http://www.bfdc.co.uk/2015/souvenir_covers/richard_iii_mounted_on_horse.html
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I draw attention to the blog at http://thedragonhound.com/2015/…/20/anne-nevilles-portraits/ It is not mine, I hasten to say, although I wish it were. It contains not only possible portraits of Anne Neville, her sister Isabel and various other prominent ladies of Edward IV’s court, but also likenesses that may well be Richard and George. Maybe even Buckingham standing…
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http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2015/03/11/in-defence-of-richard-iii/
