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Showing posts with label York. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Why Did the Wars of the Roses Start?

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A watercolour recreation of the Wars of the Roses.  What Caused the War? In the simplest terms, the war began because Richard, Duke of...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

6 myths about Richard III

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History Extra Myth 1: Richard was a murderer Shakespeare’s famous play,  Richard III, summarises Richard’s alleged murder victims in ...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Parallel Worlds – Events in Game of Thrones Based on Real Historical Events

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Ancient Origins The television series, Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin’s book series A Song of Ice and Fire, has been pr...
Friday, March 10, 2017

Richard III's prayer book goes online … and is that a personal note?

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Fox News The personal prayer book of King Richard III — in which the English king likely scrawled a reminder of his birthday in his own...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Marrying for love: Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville

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History Extra Elizabeth’s first clear contact with Edward’s court came on 13 April 1464, only a few months before the suggested date of...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Bosworth: the dawn of the Tudors

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History Extra The battle depicted in a 16th-century frieze. (Stowe House) Wales, 7 August 1485. As the sun lowered bene...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

Treachery at Bosworth: what really brought down Richard III

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History Extra Richard III (1452–85) © Bridgeman Art Library/Topfoto On 22 August 1485, in marshy fields near the villag...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

12 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Wars of the Roses

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History Extra Battle of Towton, 1461. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) But, argues historian Matthew Lewis in his ...
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