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King Richard Week 2013
♕ KRA Week 2013 – Quiz ♕
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♕ KRA Week 2013 – Posts ♕
- 21 August 2013: Quiz – Questions becoming available
The Beginning – Quiz-Prize & Historical Literature – Author Isolde Martyn - 22 August 2013: Happy Birthday & Commemoration
- 23 August 2013: History & Law – Author Matthew Lewis
- 24 August 2013: Peter Warzynski & Leicester
- 25 August 2013: Fitzg – Sumptuary Laws
- 26 August 2013: Richard III – England & Wales – by Jim Cowan
- 27 August 2013: Finding Richard III as a Result of Historical Research – Dr. Ashdown-Hill
- 28 August 2013: Historical Music – The Orpheus Project
Quiz – Solutions and Winners in the drawing will be revealed.
♕ Contributors of KRA Week 2013 ♕
(The links to the individual article of the event week will be added as soon as they become available !)
Alexandra Bourdin (La Bouteille à la Mer)
- Happy Birthday King Richard Armitage! (22.08.2013) – Note! Though title is English, article is in French !
Fabo Laktuko (White Rose: Sincere and Simple Thoughts)
- Richard III gets a Makeovr … and Catch up this Weekend with King Richard Armitage (KRA) Week (28.08.2013)
Fernanda Matias
Birthday-dream about King Richard III and Richard Armitage:
Fitzg (on the KingRichardArmitage website)
Gratiana Lovelace (Something About Love)
- Wild Card Wednesday: King Richard III, “The Once & Future King”, August 21, 2013 Gratiana Lovelace (Post #440) (21.08.2013)
- “My Kingdom for a horse”: The love matches, alliances, and betrayals of King Richard III; Et Cetera 08/25/13 Gratiana Lovelace (Post#442) (25.08.2013)
Judiang (Confessions of a Watcher)
- Richard III for Dummies: US Edition (26.08.2013)
Maria Grazia (Fly High!)
Michelle Jimenez-Porras (MyDebonairAffair)
A birthday portrait for ‘our’ king.
Phylly3 (Phylly’s Faves)
Tanni Tani – (Tanni Fanart)
– has a present fit for a king –
Traxy (The Squeee)
- Richard’s Leicester, part I: Bosworth (25.08.2013)
CDoart – (CDoart: Richard Armitage – History – Spooks)
– Don’t take her posts about our king too seriously ;o) –
Friendship, Coronation and Burial
♛ King Richard III ♛
- MattLewisAuthor (Blog): The Lost Coronation of King Richard III, by Matt Lewis (06.07.2013) – Recommended background reading about King Richard III’s coronation together with his wife Anne Neville.
- South China Morning Post: Finding King Richard III’s body a triumph of science and scholarship, by Angelo Paratico (07.07.2013) – Well deserved praise for Philippa Langley and Dr. Ashdown-Hill for their part in the research about King Richard III. With a well informed excursion about the Venetian writer Catherine de Pizan, who unwittingly helped in King Richard III’s downfall.
- Fly High! (Blog): Richard III and the Other Anne – Author Guest Post by Elizabeth Ashworth (08.07.2013) – Are you of the opinion that not enough misdeeds of King Richard III are known so far? Authors are free to invent new background to his story in novels. Read more about this very interesting way to make King Richard III plausible and a flesh and blood character for current audiences. “By Loyalty Bound” by Elizabeth Ashworth is about King Richard and his lover Anne Harrington (not his wife Anne Neville). The book is presented in a guestpost on the blog Fly High! by Elizabeth Ashworth: “Richard III and the Other Anne”.
With quite interesting arguments for this relationship, but for me exactly the noble lineage of the lady makes the connection somewhat implausible. As for me she would have more likely been a marriage candidate than a ‘silent and forgotten’ lover of King Richard III. Though I don’t want to influence you with my doubts and am looking forward to your comments and what you think about this ‘new’ royal affair. - LiveScience: New dig at King Richard III’s gravesite turns up medieval pottery, by Megan Gannon (08.07.2013)
- University of Leicester: Public can watch as archaeologists unearth history at Richard III dig site (10.07.2013) – The archaeological digging done currently in Leicester can be viewed and visited from Wednesday, July 10 to the end of July, with opening hours from 9am to 4pm.
- University of Leicester (Flickr): Richard III – The Grey Friars Dig Part 2 (10.07.2013) – With interesting updates from the current digging and excavations in Leicester.
Pictures from the first dig and a good coverage of the crave site where King Richard III was found is in the Richard III gallery. - University of Leicester: Experts create 3D map of Richard III’s grave (10.07.2013) – More details about the location where King Richard III was found and a method to preserve the gravesite for future generations in a virtual way.
- University of Leicester (Blog): A wonderful section of floor tiling still in tact, by Charlotte Barratt – Richard III Outreach Officer (10.07.2013) – Some colour around King Richard III’s grave.
- Yorkshire Post: Yorkshire discontent as rivals lay claim to Richard, by Paul Jeeves (10.07.2013) – Did you think the battle between the cities was over? Not yet! The next round is about the truth about King Richard III or rather about bending the truth to use him as a means for advertisments.
- redOrbit.com: 3D Map Of Richard III’s Grave Created Using LiDAR, by Lawrence LeBlond (11.07.2013)
- Grantham Journal.co.uk: History buff from Grantham finishes book 20 years on (11.07.2013) – The statement in the article that there are no other books about Francis Viscount Lovel is not correct. Perhaps the wonderful article about Francis Viscount Lovel by Joe Ann Ricca (from the Richard III Foundation) and my comment there together with this new book by Richard Hogg “‘Loyalty in Me Lieth’: King Richard III and Francis Viscount Lovel” can get you started with having a closer look at this fascinating friendship surpassing death.
E.g. there are:
Marian Palmer (about 1958)
“The White Boar” and “The Wrong Plantagenet” (Lovell Duo)
Christopher Rae (2011/2012)
has two books from the perspective of Francis Lovell as well:
“G – Loyalty Binds Me” (Part 1)
“G – God and My Right” (Part 2)
- redOrbit.com: Viewing Platform Erected At Richard III, Grey Friars Dig Site, by Lawrence LeBlond (12.07.2013)
- ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III find inspires festival of facts and fun, by Peter Squires (12.07.2013) – In this article a few events centering specially around King Richard III in Leicestershire are presented by Peter Squires out of the range of archaeological events on ArchaeologyFestival.
♛ Richard III – Announcements ♛
- 17th July 2013, 9 p.m. – BBC Two: The Real White Queen and Her Rivals
- 14th July 2013, 2 p.m. – Bosworth Battlefield Centre
Professor Caroline Wilkinson will hold an illustrated talk about her work of the craniofacial reconstruction of King Richard III’s head.
(Tickets cost £ 10,- and include entry into the Bosworth Battlefield Exhibition.
Place is limited and advance booking essential!
Telephone: 01455 290429 – Bosworth Battlefield Centre)
Richard Armitage about King Richard & News
♛ King Richard Armitage ♛
Today’s preview for an interview with Richard Armitage about King Richard III on Wednesday, 13.03.2013, at 11 a.m. on BBC Radio Leicester:
(I had not expected RANet.com to show such an interest in King Richard III and so had transcribed the Richard Armitage interview preview about the king myself. As the selected passage is a bit different, I still upload my transcription as well.
Here is RANet.com’s version and the uploaded audio-file.)
Emily Anderson asked RA about what he made about all the Richard III goings on.
It’s very exciting. […] The dig was fascinating and I sort of watched every step of the way and seeing the facial reconstruction as well was also fascinating.
But I was named after Richard. My father had a real passion for his story and I was born on the 22nd of August, which is the day that he died at the Battle of Bosworth.
[…] I remember being a little bit cross with my dad for naming me after a hunchback monster, but of course, you know, he was a Ricardian so he believed in something quite different to what Shakespeare was talking about and I have adopted that passion, I suppose.
So yeah, I am kind of interested in his life.
Emily Anderson: So it has a special significance for you and as we have heard from the originator of the search, Philippa Langley, I am sure you have heard her speaking quite fondly of Richard III, it looks like history might need to be re-written.
Well yeah. I mean, there is not an awful lot there.
Any documentation that really was around at the time of his life was either destroyed or just simply didn’t exists, so we don’t really know an awful lot about him and certainly not any psychology as to why he was perceived in the way that he was. […]
The physical thing aside, you know, with regard to the scoliosis, at the time […] the idea of someone who is physically deformed being a malevolent person was actually quite a normal thing. Obviously we think differently to that today.
It would be interesting to have another look at his life aside from Shakespeares fantastic villain.
But really it is almost a pantomime creation and I am interested in looking at a psychological version of that story, whereby we try to understand […] who he was and why he did the things he did.
Emily Anderson: There have been various quotes from you from other people’s suggestion that may be you’d be the perfect person to play Richard III if there were to be a screenplay or film about him.
Well, I find that very flattering.
I mean I live in a dream world of may be doing that, but I’m a little bit too tall and perhaps a little bit too old now, but I certainly like to be involved in a production, whether that’s on stage or on film I don’t know.
Emily Anderson: Philippa Langley, who was the originator of the search, has told the BBC Radio Leicester, she can’t see past you, Richard Armitage, for the role and she is writing a screenplay at the moment.
Yes. I have read her screenplay and I have been in contact with Philippa for a long time and, you know, I was so thrilled that she was able to be such an integral part of that dig and as […] a member of the Richard III Society.
So I just want to offer my congratulations to her for that success.
Emily Anderson: Have you been to Leicester yet since the find of Richard III? Because obviously we have got the dig site, we’ve got the visitors’ centre, a brand new
visitors’ center opening next year. Is that may be something you could be tempted to have a look at?
Without a doubt. I mean, it’s definitely on my list of things to do.
I think it is a real privilege for Leicester to have that find.
I suppose the idea of a re-burial is now on everyone’s lips.
Emily Anderson: Can I ask you your opinion?
I think, he should probably stay where he was found.
Emily Anderson: In Leicester. So next year, when the re-internment happens, maybe we could see you in Leicester to come along and have a look for yourself?
For sure. Without a doubt.
Dave Andrews: You heard him. We might expect him here now definitely. […]
Too old, too tall?
One can do marvelous things these days, can’t they, when doing film. I don’t think the age bit.
He looks pretty good for his age and as Philippa Langley who wrote the screenplay or has written the screenplay already, pointed out, you know, in those days back, in Richard III’s day, they didn’t have the moisturizers and all the creams and that sort of things. They probably would have looked older than he actually was.
Anyway, I think he still would be great in that particular part.
♛ FanstRAvaganza 4 ♛
A big Fan-Event is coming up this week in the Richard Armitage Fandom.
It is in the 4th year of its existence and every year more bloggers join in to celebrate Richard Armitage for one week of blogging.
The event takes place on the individual blogs and has a central Facebook page as well, so not to miss anything, watch out for FanstRAvaganza!
The KingRichardArmitage website will join in, though the planned schedule might get a bit distracted and side-stepped by the current interview of Richard Armitage on BBC Radio Leicester about King Richard III.
The KRA-articles for FanstRAvaganza 4 are marked with this banner and will be available via a similar banner at the right side:
Can you imagine how curious I had been before today’s interview preview? ;o)
♛ King Richard III ♛
- Grand Falls Windsor Advertiser (Canada): Memories of the car park king, by Sue Hickey (07.03.2013) – Analysing Shakespeare and the ‘truth’ about King Richard III.
- European Hospital: Richard III – modern imaging transforms a historical image, by Mark Nicholls (07.03.2013) – Discovering the importance of a CT scan for the research about King Richard III.
- The York Press: Richard III by David Baldwin (Amberley, £9.99), by Stephen Lewis (09.03.2013) – Very interesting book review about the newly published King Richard III biography, which already includes the information about the Leicester discovery.
- ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III: How the odds were stacked against us ever finding king, by Peter Warzynski, Leicester Mercury (09.03.2013) – Archaeological research against all odds. Read here what mathematicians make of the find.
- BBC News: Richard III and arts venue ‘strengthen’ Leicester culture bid (09.03.2013) – King Richard III advances Leicester’s status as cultural city.
♛ Battle of the Cities ♛
- The York Press: Project to research and celebrate King Richard III, by Kate Liptrot (07.03.2013) – York starts to prepare and present its connection to King Richard III.
- BBC News: Richard III burial appeal for County Durham (07.03.2013) – New rival Durham in the debate now also re-opened in Parliament.
- The Independent: Still arguing over Richard III’s bones, by Andy McSmith (08.03.2013)
If Richard III had been half as popular in his lifetime as he is today, he could have reigned for many happy years.
Press Coverage 2013
♕ Press Coverage 2013 ♕
Selection of articles published about the search and discoveries about King Richard III and the search for the king in Leicester 2013.
(Articles of the year 2012 can be found here.)
(As most articles mix topics, no further sub-groups are built, but the articles are listed in chronological order. Newest articles at the top.)
25.05.2013
The new information included in the book about King Richard III’s gruesome death through the wounds found in the examination of his bone injuries certainly extends the knowledge about the Battle of Bosworth.
24.05.2013
23.05.2013
21.05.2013
RICHARD THE THIRD WEEKEND
Friday 5th July 2013:– The weekend will start on Friday from the Chruch of St Mary’s & St Alkeldas with a children’s procession to the Castle where the children will be presented to King Richard & Queen Anne. – The raising of Richard’s personal pennant from Middleham Castle. Saturday 6th July 2013:
– Country Market – Market Place Middleham
A selection of stalls reflecting country gifts, skills and produce– King Richard & Queen Anne will process through Middleham – Wandering Minstrels – Castle re-enactments and audiences with Richard & Queen Anne – Hog Roast – An evening Talk covering Richard’s life and death
by the Historian Steven Brindle, Philippa Langley of the Richard III Society and Professor Sarah Haisnworth of Leicester UniversityRefreshments included in ticketprice of £18 per person Sunday 7th July 2013:
– Middleham Castle
an audience with King Richard & Queen Anne– Re-enactments archery etc. – Wandering Minstrels – Craft Fair at the Key Centre – Refreshments etc. acailable – Market Place afternoon into evening – Tilt The Bucket – Barbeque food etc.
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13.05.2013
Phil Stone, Chairman, Richard III Society
Paul Lay, Editor, History Today
Dr. Mary Ann Lund, University of Leicester
Questions can be sent in to: lexchanges[at]le.ac.uk
Tickets for the event are free, though places are strictly limited. So reserve your spot fast.
10.05.2013
09.05.2013
08.05.2013
07.05.2013
06.05.2013
The march went from the Castle Museum at 12 noon and arrived at Museum Gardens at 2 pm.
04.05.2013
03.05.2013
When clouds appear, wise men put on their cloaks
02.05.2013
King Richard III Cheese – as it should be, pure white for the White Rose of York.
01.05.2013
In a time where children were married early, because otherwise they were seen as unattractive as they started to lose their teeth at the age of about 20 years, I had wondered, why King Richard III still had so many and in rather good condition. Though especially women tended to start earlier, as even still in modern times there was – and some dentists will tell you still is – the rule of one tooth per child.
King Richard III on BBC Radio
In a Classic Serial about the Plantagenets, King Richard III was featured in the third part “Richard III – The Three Brothers” by Mike Walker on BBC Radio.
The third part of the Plantagenets still is available online for 4 days via this link: BBC Radio – Plantagenet – Series 3 (on iPlayer here)
What irritated me a bit is, that though the title is Richard III – The Three Brothers, a large part of the story is told from the perspective and with the imagined comments of the Queen to King Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville.
But appart from that, a lot of possible motives and interpretations of the historic events are mentioned, which are interesting to hear, though they bring no new aspects to the well trodden path of a ‘devilish King Richard III’.
Still, I recommend the entertaining audio play, which very cleverly shows a selection of the multitude of different interests, culminating in the events during King Edward IV’s reign and the final Battle at Bosworth. It also reaches to show King Richard III as an intelligent, talended man of his time and for once not the mean and envious hunchback.
Richard III – The Three Brothers
(3rd part in the Classics Plantagenet Serial)
[58 min]
Audio play written by Mike Walker
Queen Elizabeth (Nancy Carroll)
Edward 4th (Simon Bubb)
Richard 3rd (Carl Prekopp)
Clarence (Christopher Webster)
Margaret (Aimee Ffion Edwards)
Warwick (Gerard McDermott)
Stafford (Adam Billington)
Lewis (James Lailey)
Bishop (Paul Moriarty)
Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko.
BBC Radio – Plantagenet – Series 3 (on iPlayer here)
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