The battle for Bosworth field: Historians react to decision to build on battlefield where Richard III died
BBC History Extra (October 4, 2018)
The battle for Bosworth field: Historians react to decision to build on battlefield where Richard III died by Rachel Dinning –
Historians Mike Pitts, Matthew Lewis, George Goodwin, Diane Purkiss and Michael Jones give their views about the Battlefield of Bosworth, where King Richard III died in 1485. What knowledge is still to be had from a battlefield, of which the exact location was found out only a few years ago? Would it be worth it to destroy the access to a field exactly at a moment, when technology finally catches up with the historical research about the time and could supplement and extend the knowledge about fighting methods, but also about the society of the time?
