Medievalists.net » Richard III http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 A Villain and a Monster – The Literary Portrait of Richard III by Thomas More and William Shakespeare http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/a-villain-and-a-monster-the-literary-portrait-of-richard-iii-by-thomas-more-and-william-shakespeare/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/a-villain-and-a-monster-the-literary-portrait-of-richard-iii-by-thomas-more-and-william-shakespeare/#comments Sun, 10 May 2015 02:58:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58149 The process of vilification of Richard III started at the end of the fifteenth century, when a well-planned policy of Tudor propaganda was set in motion by Henry VII himself, who commissioned a series of historiographical writings, mainly aiming at the solidification of the newly founded dynasty.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/a-villain-and-a-monster-the-literary-portrait-of-richard-iii-by-thomas-more-and-william-shakespeare/feed/ 0 Distemporality: Richard III’s Body and the Car Park http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/25/distemporality-richard-iiis-body-and-the-car-park/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/25/distemporality-richard-iiis-body-and-the-car-park/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:31:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57140 What role does Richard III continue to play for us simultaneously as a historical medieval king, a particular early modern (i.e., Shakespearean) representation, and a modern cultural icon?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/25/distemporality-richard-iiis-body-and-the-car-park/feed/ 0 The Order of Service for Richard III’s Reinterment http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/25/the-order-of-service-for-richard-iiis-reinterment/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/25/the-order-of-service-for-richard-iiis-reinterment/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:44:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57135 On Thursday, March 26, 2015, the remains of King Richard III will be laid to rest at Leicester Cathedral

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/25/the-order-of-service-for-richard-iiis-reinterment/feed/ 0 King Richard’s pall – a work of art and history http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/king-richards-pall-a-work-of-art-and-history/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/king-richards-pall-a-work-of-art-and-history/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2015 04:30:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57091 King Richard III’s embroidered funeral pall was revealed at a reception service for the monarch at Leicester Cathedral on Sunday.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/king-richards-pall-a-work-of-art-and-history/feed/ 0 Thousands witness King Richard III’s final journey http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/thousands-witness-king-richard-iiis-final-journey/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/thousands-witness-king-richard-iiis-final-journey/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:35:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57054 More than 35,000 people lined the streets of Leicester and Leicestershire yesterday to mark the final journey of King Richard III.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/thousands-witness-king-richard-iiis-final-journey/feed/ 0 The Homily of the Archbishop of Westminster on Richard III http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/the-homily-of-the-archbishop-of-westminster-on-richard-iii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/the-homily-of-the-archbishop-of-westminster-on-richard-iii/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:17:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57049 Here is the Homily give by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, at the Reception of the Remains of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral on Sunday 22 March 2015

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/23/the-homily-of-the-archbishop-of-westminster-on-richard-iii/feed/ 0 The Skeleton in the Car Park: Richard III and the legacy of his re-discovery http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/22/the-skeleton-in-the-car-park-richard-iii-and-the-legacy-of-his-re-discovery/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/22/the-skeleton-in-the-car-park-richard-iii-and-the-legacy-of-his-re-discovery/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2015 21:42:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57044 Two years on, as his body is reinterred in Leicester Cathedral, what difference has this discovery made? How has the team's research changed the way we see the ruler, his reign, and the establishment of the Tudor dynasty?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/22/the-skeleton-in-the-car-park-richard-iii-and-the-legacy-of-his-re-discovery/feed/ 0 Finding Richard III: The Official Account http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/15/finding-richard-iii-official-account/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/15/finding-richard-iii-official-account/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:44:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51142 The ‘Looking For Richard’ team of historians and researchers spent many years amassing evidence. Now for the first time they reveal the full story of how that evidence took them to a car park in Leicester.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/15/finding-richard-iii-official-account/feed/ 0 Getting Schmedieval: Of Manuscript and Film Prologues, Paratexts, and Parodies http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/09/getting-schmedieval-of-manuscript-and-film-prologues-paratexts-and-parodies/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/09/getting-schmedieval-of-manuscript-and-film-prologues-paratexts-and-parodies/#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2013 00:12:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44790 Getting Schmedieval: Of Manuscript and Film Prologues, Paratexts, and Parodies Richard Burt (Guest Co-Editor, University of Florida) EXEMPLARIA: VOL. 19, NO. 2, SUMMER 2007, 217 – 242 Abstract This introduction examines how historical effects in cinematic medievalism are produced through analogies between their shared marginal paratexts, including historiated letters, prefaces, opening title sequences, film prologues, and intertitles. […]

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