King Richard III – News

The “BBC History Magazine” has

“Richard III. Why Shakespeare made him a devil”

as main article in the current May 2012 issue.

In this article, “Paulina Kewes considers the sources that contributed to William Shakespeare’s portrayal of Richard III“.

Unfortunately I have not been able so far to get hold of this article, so I only include the description of the article given on the magazine’s website.

Please comment and let us know your opinion about this article, if you already had a chance to read it. Thank you!

An interesting event about King Richard III, coming up in October 2012, is the symposium held by the Richard III Foundation in Market Bosworth (Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosworth).

(Early announcement here to allow to safe the date and to make comfortable travel arrangements!)

The Richard III Foundation, Inc.
presents
Richard III: Monarch and Man

Friday, October 12, 2012

A walking tour of the battlefield with Mike Ingram will take place at 2 pm.  We will meet at the Tithe Barn before we are taken to key locations.  Tour is expected to last an hour.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Our symposium will be held at the Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosworth.  Registration begins at 8:30.  The conference will begin at 9:00 am and will conclude at 5:00 pm.   Our speakers and topics are:

• Dr. John Alban – “From Ashwellthorpe to Bosworth: a Yorkist Soldier”

• Robert Hardy (contingent on schedule)

• Dr. Craig Taylor—“Chivalry and the Wars of the Roses”

• Steve Goodchild— “The Arrival: The Role of Richard, Duke of Gloucester at Tewkesbury”

• Mike Ingram  – “The Road to Bosworth”

• Mark Downing—”Military Effigies in the Yorkist Age”.

• Dr. David Hipshon— “The Princes: Contemporary Assumptions”?

• David Baldwin— “The Character of Richard III”

• Special presentation of Peter Algar’s new publication – “Dead Man’s Hill”.

To obtain a copy of the registration form, contact Mrs. Dorothy Davies, The Richard III Foundation, Inc., 32 Church Lane, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2NB or email her at dorothy2583@gmail.com or email us at Richard3Foundation@yahoo.com.

We also have prepared the registration form for download here (pdf-file).