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Hace 5 días · Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.
31 de may. de 2024 · Richard III, the last Plantagenet and Yorkist king of England. He usurped the throne of his nephew Edward V in 1483 and perished in defeat to Henry Tudor (thereafter Henry VII) at the Battle of Bosworth Field.
31 de may. de 2024 · Richard III - Wars, Usurpation, Defeat: Richard III presented himself as a reformer committed to justice and morality who would remedy the supposed misrule of Edward IV’s last years and the sexual license of his brother’s court.
3 de jun. de 2024 · Richard III, chronicle play in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1592–94 and published in 1597 in a quarto edition seemingly reconstructed from memory by the acting company when a copy of the play was missing.
3 de jun. de 2024 · THE RICARDIAN is the historical journal of the Richard III Society and is published annually. Members of the Society receive the current year’s volume as a benefit of membership. After five years, issues are available to everyone free online below.
15 de jun. de 2024 · Richard III of England, a king whose reign lasted from 1483 until his death in 1485, remains one of the most controversial and fascinating figures in English history. His life and reign have been the subject of extensive historical debate, myth, and literature, most notably immortalized by William Shakespeare’s play “Richard III.”
4 de jun. de 2024 · Experts will share insights into the portrayals of Richard III throughout history, from Shakespeare’s ‘hunch-backed toad’ to the modern-day examinations of his dialect, at a public open day at the University taking place on Saturday 21 March.
