Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
King Richard II
Author: William ShakespeareHistory of the Life and Reign of Richard the Third
Author: James GairdnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Richard III
Author: William ShakespeareHistory of the Life and Reign of Richard the Third
Author: James GairdnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
History of the life and reign of Richard the third, with the story of Perkin Warbeck
Author: James GairdnerHistory of the Life and Reign of Richard the Third
Author: History of Richard III
Author: Thomas MorePublisher:
ISBN: 9781086837582
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible.
Richard III
Author: Chris SkidmorePublisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466844116
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
From acclaimed historian Chris Skidmore comes the authoritative biography of Richard III, England’s most controversial king, a man alternately praised as a saint and cursed as a villain. Richard III is one of English history’s best known and least understood monarchs. Immortalized by Shakespeare as a hunchbacked murderer, the discovery in 2012 of his skeleton in a Leicester parking lot re-ignited debate over the true character of England’s most controversial king. Richard was born into an age of brutality, when civil war gripped the land and the Yorkist dynasty clung to the crown with their fingertips. Was he really a power-crazed monster who killed his nephews, or the victim of the first political smear campaign conducted by the Tudors? In the first full biography of Richard III for fifty years, Chris Skidmore draws on new manuscript evidence to reassess Richard’s life and times. Richard III examines in intense detail Richard’s inner nature and his complex relations with those around him to unravel the mystery of the last English monarch to die on the battlefield.
The Hours of Richard III
Author: Anne F. SuttonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781803996325
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A deep dive into the text of Richard III's personal prayer and Book of Hours As a person's religious convictions can be considered fundamental to their character and behavior, the nature of King Richard III's piety has been the subject of considerable debate. Much of this controversy has focused on the Book of Hours adopted by the king for his own private use following his coronation, and to which certain prayers, including that known as the 'Prayer of Richard III', were added. This study explores the manuscript and the prayer's text. The manuscript (now preserved in Lambeth Palace Library) was originally produced in London around 1420. The text shows the preoccupations of a devout man of the fifteenth century and its decoration puts it in the context of the development of London manuscript illumination of the period. Moreover, in this analysis of the manuscript, the authors offer an insight into the personality of Richard III, one of the most controversial figures in medieval history.
The Three Richards
Author: Nigel SaulPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826424155
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
The three Richards who ruled England in the Middle Ages were among the most controversial and celebrated of its rulers. Richard I ('Coeur de Lion', 1189-99) was a great crusading hero; Richard II (1377-99) was an authoritarian aesthete deposed by his cousin, Henry IV, and murdered; while Richard III (1483-85), as the murderer of his nephews, 'The Princes in the Tower', was the most notorious villain in English history. This highly readable joint biography shows how much the three kings had in common, apart from their names. All were younger sons of monarchs, not expected to come to the throne; all failed to leave a legitimate heir, causing instability on their deaths; all were cultured and pious; and all died violently. All have attracted accusations but also fascination. In comparing them, Nigel Saul tells three gripping stories and shows what it took to be a medieval king.