Richard III
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Here is an extract that I found interesting. It’s from a 1968 booklet titled Discovering London 3: Medieval London, by Kenneth Derwent, published by Macdonald, and while it doesn’t condemn Richard, a previous paragraph states that the disappearance of Edward V and his brother “were disposed of” and that “the circumstantial evidence points most strongly…
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Scoliosis treatments at the time of Richard III
“Tudor” propaganda, Battle of Bosworth, Eugenie of York, genetics, hormones, idiopathic scoliosism, Ipswich, James Blake, Kurt Cobain, Leicester Greyfriars, Liz Taylor, Liza Minelli, massage, Richard III, Richard III Society, Robert Lovell, scoliosis, Shakespeare, surgery, traction, Turkish baths, Usain BoltAfter centuries of slanders about Richard III, always named as “the hunchbacked king”, it was finally proved that he just suffered from scoliosis. He was not born with this condition but he probably started to suffer with it in his adolescence between 10 and 15. This is the so-called idiopathic scoliosis that can be, in…
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History Book Part One
Arthurian legend, Battle Abbey, Battle of Hastings, Beaufort Companye, Coldridge, Devon, Edinburgh, Edward V, Harringtons, Richard III, Scotland, Scottish campaign 1482, Senlac Hill, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir William Stanley, Stanleys, The Legendary Ten Seconds, treachery, William I, windowsThe Legendary Ten Seconds have a new album out. The tracks go back chronologically to Arthurian times, before including two about the Battle of Hastings – or of Battle to be precise. The last six cover Richard III’s adult life and reign, from the seemingly effortless taking of Edinburgh to the Harrington dispute and the…
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We all know of Nottingham Castle, perched high on its rocky hill overlooking the city. It was the lair of the wicked Sheriff, and has legendary connections with Robin Hood. It also has amazing caves through which Mortimer escaped, and that “It was from Nottingham Castle that news was announced to the people of England…
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Well, the link below is about the 450-acre Duncombe Park estate and house, which has provided the backdrop for the latest film version of The Secret Garden. The interest for Ricardians can be found in the following extract:- “….This impressive medieval fortress was built in stone in the 13th century and has passed through…
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Finding the original town plans of London, before the Great Fire of 1666, is always intriguing, and very rewarding indeed for those of us who love all things medieval. So, in this respect, I welcome the Tudors. I already have books of London maps, published by the London Topographical Society, of our capital in the…
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Ambling around the internet, I came upon the following. This passage is from The Sporting Review, ed. by ‘Craven’, edited by John William Carleton and contains a delightful description of what it was like for early tourists to sail down the River Tamar and visit the sights along the way. I have taken this particular…
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Does this later case explain Henry Pole the Younger’s fate?
Antonio of Portugal, Archbishop of Canterbury, Battle of Alcacer Quibir, Catherine of Aragon, clerical celibacy, Elizabeth of York, Eustace Chapuys, Gregory XIII, Henry Courtenay Marquis of Exeter, Henry Lord Montagu, Henry of Portugal, Henry Pole the Younger, House of Aviz, Joanna, Manuel, Mary I, Phillip II, Portugal, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Richard III, Sebastian, Sir Geoffrey Pole, Spain, Thomas Courtenay Earl of DevonIn the years from 1518, before he left England again in 1536, Reginald Pole occupied a number of ecclesiastical ranks, including that of Dean of Exeter. During the early 1530s, just as Henry VIII sought his first annulment, Eustace Chapuys was pressing Reginald to marry Princess Mary, the cousin he eventually served from Lambeth Palace.…
