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‘The king in the car park’: new light on the death and burial of Richard III in the Grey Friars church, Leicester, in 1485
Posted on May 24, 2013 | No CommentsImmortalised by Shakespeare and others as an infamous villain, but with a strong cohort of modern-day supporters, he has remained a highly controversial figure of both history and drama since his death. -
Will stone coffin reveal medieval knight buried in the same church as Richard III?
Posted on May 2, 2013 | No CommentsThe archaeologists who discovered King Richard III under a car park are now hoping that a 600-year-old lead lined stone coffin found nearby will lead them to the remains of a knight buried in the 14th century. -
Richard III may have gone through painful medical treatments to ‘cure’ his scoliosis
Posted on April 25, 2013 | No CommentsScoliosis – a lateral or side-to-side curvature of the spine – can be a very painful condition to live with. But some of the treatments practised in the late medieval period would have themselves caused sufferers a lot of anguish. -
![It has indeed been confidently asserted that [Richard the 3d] killed his two Nephews & his Wife, but it has also been declared that he did not kill his two Nephews.](http://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Princes-115x115.jpg "The Enduring Appeal of Richard III")
The Enduring Appeal of Richard III
Posted on April 14, 2013 | No CommentsIt has indeed been confidently asserted that [Richard the 3d] killed his two Nephews & his Wife, but it has also been declared that he did not kill his two Nephews. -
Was King Richard III a control freak?
Posted on March 5, 2013 | No CommentsUniversity of Leicester psychologists believe Richard III was not a psychopath – but he may have had control freak tendencies -
Solem a Tergo Reliquit: The Troublesome Battle of Bosworth Field
Posted on February 10, 2013 | No CommentsThe first major point upon which we disagree concerns the nature of existing evidence about the Battle. Richardson points to a number of sources, but the central problem here is that, with one ex- ception, they are not contemporary with the Battle itself. -
The Princess and the Gene Pool: The Plantagenet rebel who held the secret to Richard III’s DNA
Posted on February 9, 2013 | No CommentsRichard III is perhaps the most controversial figure in British history and historians will long be discussing what new light the finds cast on his story. But the long-forgotten Anne was herself a creature of scandal – a woman who openly took a lover; divorced her husband; and kept his family lands anyway. -
The Search for King Richard III News Conference
Posted on February 7, 2013 | No CommentsSpeakers include Richard Buckley, Lead Archaeologist, Jo Appleby, Project Osteologist, Lin Foxhall, Kevin Schurer, Project Geneaologist, and Turi King, Project Geneticist, and Richard Taylor of the University of Leicester. -
The Face of Richard III revealed
Posted on February 5, 2013 | No CommentsThe calm and apparently thoughtful face is in stark contrast to the many portrayals of Richard III, showing contorted facial and bodily features, that were created for political reasons following his death. -
It is Richard III: ‘beyond reasonable doubt’
Posted on February 4, 2013 | No CommentsDNA and other evidence show that the remains of Richard III have been found. 'We have searched for Richard and found him. Now it is time to honour him,' says Philippa Langley -
Richard III’s raucous Christmas parties
Posted on December 21, 2012 | No CommentsJust as the company Christmas party can lead to embarrassing situations, some 15th century festivities could also lead to scandal. -
Old Bones: Possible Richard III remains and DNA link found
Posted on December 13, 2012 | No CommentsWhat she found was the skeleton of a body with scoliosis, a curved spine, much like historical descriptions of King Richard. But in order to determine if the remains are indeed his, scientists must now compare the DNA of the remains with that of Richard’s living descendent—Canadian Michael Ibsen. -
![So what about the famous confession? By historians in the Tudor tradition this is usually seen as absolute proof that he was an impostor, arguing that "there is nothing in [his] confession which should make us doubt his truthfulness". Somehow they cannot have looked at it too closely.](http://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/220px-Perkin_Warbeck-115x115.jpg "Perkin Warbeck: Whether my hero was or was not an impostor, he was believed to be the true man by his contemporaries")
Perkin Warbeck: Whether my hero was or was not an impostor, he was believed to be the true man by his contemporaries
Posted on December 2, 2012 | No CommentsSo what about the famous confession? By historians in the Tudor tradition this is usually seen as absolute proof that he was an impostor, arguing that "there is nothing in [his] confession which should make us doubt his truthfulness". Somehow they cannot have looked at it too closely. -
The Curious Career and Uncertain Past of Perkin Warbeck
Posted on December 2, 2012 | No CommentsWas Warbeck just another in a long line of pretenders to the throne of England, or did his appearance in Ireland in 1491 prove the innocence of Richard III, whom most historians accuse of murdering his nephews, the Princes in the Tower? -
Is it King Richard III? We we will know in January
Posted on November 19, 2012 | No CommentsDNA testing, environmental sampling and radiocarbon dating are some of the tests being undertaken to determine whether the skeleton found in Leicester was once Richard III -
Machiavellian Monster or Misunderstood Monarch?: Richard III and the Battle for the English Throne
Posted on October 30, 2012 | No CommentsMuch like Shakespeare’s writings, many other sources for Richard’s reign are shrouded in controversy about their agenda and their historical accuracy. -
The Proportions of the denominations in English mint outputs, 1351-1485
Posted on October 25, 2012 | No CommentsThis article will combine the evidence of mint indentures, pyx trials, numbers of dies and hoards in an investigation of the problem of the proportions from 1351 to the end of the reign of Richard III in 1485. -
Site of Richard III dig was almost destroyed in the 19th century
Posted on October 17, 2012 | No CommentsHistorians, archaeologists and the public are still waiting to see if the skeleton discovered last month belong to King Richard III, but the discovery may never have been possible if a Victorian building was built just a few inches closer to the long-forgotten burial spot. -
PRESS RELEASE: YORK PETITION LAUNCHED AS ‘RICHARD III’ DEBATE GOES GLOBAL
Posted on October 4, 2012 | No CommentsThe on-going storm over King Richard III continues. Where will his remains be interred? -
Richard III and the Lost World of Greyfriars
Posted on October 2, 2012 | No CommentsWhy has Richard rested there? Clearly the last Plantagenet ruler did not designate Greyfriars of Leicester for this honor. -
Video of the Richard III discovery Press Conference
Posted on September 18, 2012 | No CommentsThis press conference, announcing the discovery of human remains in the search for Richard III, was held in Leicester Guildhall on 12 September 2012. -
Time for King Richard III to “Come Home to York”, says Foundation
Posted on September 17, 2012 | No CommentsA debate is now underway on where the body should be buried if it is that of the former king. -
The Story of Richard III as Graphic Novel
Posted on September 14, 2012 | No CommentsCheck out these great illustrations made by Emma Viceli -
Richard III Foundation welcomes success of archaeological dig and looks forward to re-burial of England’s Last Plantagenet King
Posted on September 12, 2012 | No Comments'We are delighted that the remains of Richard III appear to have been found, and we thank Philippa Langley for her tenacity in championing this project and for the archaeological team and everyone else involved.' -
Have the remains of Richard III been found? Archaeologists discover skeleton at Leicester dig
Posted on September 12, 2012 | No CommentsArchaeologists searching for the grave of Richard III have discovered the human remains of a human male that have 'strong circumstantial evidence' indicating that it is of the English king.