Call to end ‘unseemly squabbling’ over the burial of King Richard III
As a legal battle began yesterday to determine where the remains of Richard III should be buried, at least one group has appealed for an end to ‘unseemly squabbling’ and advocates the England’s current monarch should be given say on where the medieval king should be laid to rest.
Gower’s “Confessio” and the “Nova statuta Angliae”: royal lessons in English law
In the following discussion, I will explore some hitherto unexamined links between the Confessio Amantis and one of these legal texts, the Nova Statuta Angliae or New Statutes of England, which circulated among professional and non-professional readers in the 1380s and 1390s and which Richard II received in a manuscript now in Cambridge: St. John’s College MS A.7.
Boning Richard III
I want to use this space to think about what Richard’s bones tell us about evidence, affect, and history, both in our own scholarly practice and the culture in which this practice circulates.
Danse Macabre’ Around the Tomb and Bones of Margaret of York
Over 500 years ago on 23 November 1503, at Malines, in present day Belgium, died Margaret of York, sister to Edward IV and Richard III of England and third and last wife of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, whom she survived by a quarter of a century.
Ricardians gather in York to commemorate England’s Last Plantagenet King
Historians and students of medieval history gathered in York today for a special event in memory of King Richard III, England’s last Plantagenet monarch.
When Richard III invaded Scotland
A new article is shining light on a more successful military campaign that Richard led just before he took the English throne.
Free online course on ‘England in the time of King Richard III’
The University of Leicester and FutureLearn are teaming up to offer a six-week online course that will examine King Richard III and his era. The massive open online course, which is freely open to anyone interested in the topic, begins on November 25th.
The intestinal parasites of King Richard III
These results show that Richard was infected with roundworms in his intestines.
New book pinpoints the site of the Battle of Bosworth
Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered, co-authored by Dr Foard and the historian Anne Curry, they describe the background to the battle and the archaeological project to find out where it was actually fought.
Where will Richard III be buried?
The plans to have the former King of England buried in Leicester are now in jeopardy as the matter will be determined by a judicial review.
Archaeologists complete dig at Richard III site
The archaeological team that discovered Richard III has completed its second dig at the Grey Friars site in Leicester. The month-long dig revealed more details about the medieval friary and uncovered other buried people.
Richard III Foundation hosts conference to celebrate its 20th anniversary of fighting for its hero king
A major conference to be held later this year at Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, just a few miles from the battlefield on which King Richard III met his violent end, will mark the 20th anniversary of an organization that was formed in the monarch’s memory.
Burial of King Richard III to cost £1 million
The remains of Richard III will be buried with honour beneath a raised tomb within a specially created area in Leicester Cathedral. The announcement has pleased many observers, although some are hopeful that English king will received a state funeral.
Archaeologists start new excavation of Richard III’s final resting place
The University of Leicester archaeologists who discovered King Richard III have started work on a new dig at Grey Friars church
Story of Richard III inspiring graphic novels
The discovery of King Richard III has inspired comic book artists to take up their pencils to tell the tale of the controversial monarch’s dramatic life and death.
‘The king in the car park’: new light on the death and burial of Richard III in the Grey Friars church, Leicester, in 1485
Immortalised 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?
The 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
Scoliosis – 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.
The Enduring Appeal of Richard III
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.
Was King Richard III a control freak?
University of Leicester psychologists believe Richard III was not a psychopath – but he may have had control freak tendencies