sir thomas more
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Three misrepresented medieval monarchs….?
1st Earl of March, Bishop John Morton, Catherine of Valois, Edward III, Elizabeth I, Helen Carr, Henry VII, House of Beaufort, Hugh Despenser the Elder, Hugh Despenser the Youn ger, Isabella of France – queen of Edward II, king arthur, Piers Gaveston, Richard II, Richard III, Roger Mortimer, Shakespeare, sir thomas moreLeft: Edward II https://tinyurl.com/mpfzhae6 Centre: Richard II https://tinyurl.com/5fr6ekx7 Right: Richard III https://tinyurl.com/5hbyhexv There are three medieval kings who consistently get bad press. Now, I’m omitting John, because so far he seems to have deserved his lousy reputation. The three I’m referring to are, in chronological order, Edward II, Richard II and Richard III. Edward, of…
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“The Pretender” takes the same-old attitude to Richard III….
Oh dear… “….The year is 1483 and England is in peril. The much-despised Richard III [who has murdered the boys in the Tower] is not long for the throne, and the man who will become Henry VII stands poised to snatch the crown for himself. But for twelve-year-old John Collan [to be Lambert Simnel, the…
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According to Francis Bacon, Truth is the Daughter of Time. But The Daughter of Time is also the title of a famous book by Josephine Tey which excels in both popularity and standard-bearing for Richard III. Just how many new supporters has it garnered for Richard III since it was first published in 1951? You…
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If I never hear the name of Thomas More associated with Richard III again it won’t be too soon. So many seem to take his account as divinely written, holy scripture, despite the glaring error on page one of his work , the contradictions about the ‘fate’ of the Princes (he says they were buried…
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It seems there is a mystery about the birthplace of the saintly Sir Thomas More. Was it somewhere in Cheapside on 7 February 1478, as a plaque claims? Well, that was the belief for quite some time, but recently, according to this link The Mystery of Thomas More’s Birthplace | History Today it’s thought more…
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