The life of Richard the III of England, and a defense of his so-called "crimes" as accused by Shakespeare and the Tudor/Lancasters. With footnotes and bibliography.
Date Submitted: 11/04/2003 18:03:01
Category: / History / European History
Length: 6 pages (1762 words)
Category: / History / European History
Length: 6 pages (1762 words)
"For over 500 years the last Plantagenet King of England has been vilified as a usurper, a murderer, a monster but the tide is turning... Richard III lost the battle of Bosworth but" this writer "aims to win the war in rescuing his reputation."#
In 1485, a " diluted Lancaster,"# King Henry VII, came to the throne, the fifth King in sixty-three years. His claim to the throne was his marriage to the daughter of a discredited marriage, …
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…of the Princes. New York: Harper Collins, 1998.
Richard III, Inc. "Richard III and Yorkist History Server," [Online] Available. http://www.r3.org/basics/basic8.html#woodville, 2001.
Shakespeare, William. Richard III. New York: Washington Square Press, 1996, Act I . Scene i.
The Richard III Society, UK, "Richard III Society." [Online] available. www.richardiii.net, December 2003.
Weir, Alison. The Princes in the Tower. New York: Random House, 1992.
Williamson, Audry. The Mystery of the Princes. Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1978.
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