Historian & Author

 

---

♛ David Harpham ♛

---

 

Today, I can present a new contributor and very talented young historian her on the KingRichardArmitage website:
 
 

David Harpham

 
 
He studied at the University of York and at the University of Sheffield, where the dissertation for his Masters degree in Medieval History focused on the relationship between the Nobility, the ‘Community’ and emerging perceptions of ‘the Realm’ in the Wars of the Roses era. (Short biography available here.)
 
 
David Harpham’s articles I read so far, convince me that a bright writing career lies before this young historian.
 

 
What David can do with a biography about Richard Neville, 16th earl of Warwick, called ‘the Kingmaker’, is really a joy to read and easily bridges the gap of over 500 years to our time.
 
David Harpham will entrance you in the life of a fascinating major player of the ‘Wars of the Roses’, who was so very influential for the education of the young Richard III during his time at Middleham.
 
Warwick the ‘kingmaker’ is also King Richard III’s father-in-law, as Richard III later married his daughter Anne Neville.
 
 
But now, I won’t divulge much more here and directly lead you to the full article:
 

David Harpham – Richard Neville – the legend and legacy of ‘Kingmaker’

 
 

“Royal News & Battle Report”

 
David Harpham here also has an interesting article with the historian’s perspective on the ‘Battle of the Cities‘:
 

Richard III – Heritage magnet or Tourism treasure?

 
 

---

♛ King Richard III ♛

---

 

• The Australian: New battle looms over Leicester tomb for Richard III, by Nico Hines (14.03.2013)
  Dr. John Ashdown-Hill (interview with Dr. Ashdown-Hill here on KRA) says about the position of Leicester Cathedral:

  A king should not be buried under the floor.

   
  Nico Hines, The Times:

  Even Henry VII, the first Tudor king, felt the man he had defeated at the culmination of the War of the Roses was worthy of a tomb. He had one commissioned and built nine years after vanquishing his opponent, but it stood empty and was eventually lost while the dead king lay in an unmarked grave.

 

• New Statesman: Richard III’s reburial has reignited a Facebook War of the Roses, by Amy Licence (14.03.2013) – The ‘Battle of the Cities’ reaches the social networks.

 

• ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III: Leicester mayor rejects York summit over burial of king, by Peter Warzynski (14.03.2013) – Comes at a not very opportune moment, when the discussions already are heated further because of the objections Leicester Cathedral has against the tomb for King Richard III by the Richard III Society.

 

• ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III: Give king tomb, not slab, says online poll, by Leicester Mercury (14.03.2013)

 

• BBC History Extra: What does the discovery of Richard III’s remains mean for history? (14.03.2013) – Article about King Richard III and changes for history expected by his discovery in the March issue of the BBC History Magazine.

 

• Wharfedale Observer: Literary award is dedicated to memory of Peter Algar, by Annette McIntyre (14.03.2013) – The Richard III Foundation honours Peter Algar, who died last year, with The Peter Algar Literary Award.

 

• ThisIsGloucester.co.uk: Bring Richard III to Gloucester – petition launched, by TheCitizen (15.03.2013) – Now a new competitor in the ‘Battle of the Cities’ with an own petition: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/ petitions/46783
  

  City councillor Sebastian Field has launched an online petition to have the remains of King Richard III buried in Gloucester Cathedral.

 

• Politics.co.uk: Comment: The struggle for Richard III’s body must be laid to rest, by Hugh Bayley, Labour MP for York Central (15.03.2013)

 

• Yorkshire Post: Compromise deal could see Richard III lie in state at York Minster (16.03.2013) – A compromise for a warrior king.

 

• ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: A tomb is right thing for a king, by Leicester Mercury (15.03.2013)

 

• Canada.com: Shakespeare the spin doctor, by Arthur Black (15.03.2013) – About the importance of ‘Richards’.
  

  The evil that men do lives after them.
  The good is oft interred with their bones.

  Shakespeare

 

• ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III: All options still open for king’s last resting place, says Leicester Cathedral, by Peter Warzynski (16.03.2013) – Can’t really say I do understand the remaining ‘openness’ of Leicester Cathedral for a tomb design, when the design brief for the architects clearly states that a tomb design would be rejected. How would you react if you were an architect and wanted your design to be accepted? Can one expect something else than anticipatory obedience?

 
 

---

 
 

– RIII-articles from the year 2012 – complete list of the year 2011 –