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  2. 5 days ago · Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England .

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  3. 1 day ago · It was during the reign of Henry VII‘s granddaughter, Elizabeth I, that Shakespeare wrote his play Richard III around 1592. Shakespeare‘s main source was the chronicle The History of King Richard III by Sir Thomas More, written around 1513. More‘s account, based on testimony from those hostile to Richard, painted the king as a deformed ...

  4. 5 days ago · Marc Brenner. By Houman Barekat. The critic Houman Barekat saw the show in London. May 22, 2024. When Michelle Terry, the artistic director at Shakespeare’s Globe theater in London, decided to...

  5. Apr 29, 2024 · But Shakespeare’s history plays are never about surprises in the plot. Their power and innovation lie in the way he was able to turn the relation of history into the study of character. A portrait of Richard III of England, currently in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

  6. Jan 4, 2015 · Richard III: January 1484. Parliament Rolls of Medieval England. Originally published by Boydell, Woodbridge, 2005. This premium content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved. Citation: , 'Richard III: January 1484', in Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, (Woodbridge, 2005) pp. .

  7. May 1, 2024 · Was Richard III, who took the crown of England in 1483, a usurper and a tyrant who murdered his nephews, or a true and just king innocent of that crime? After reading a controversial contribution pleading the innocence of King Richard III of England, I decided to read the popular play written by Shakespeare which bears the monarch’s name.

  8. Apr 30, 2024 · In 1485 Henry led an invasion against the Yorkist king Richard III and defeated him at Bosworth Field. As Henry VII, he claimed the throne by just title of inheritance and by the judgment of God given in battle, and he cemented his claim by marrying Elizabeth, the daughter of Edward IV and heiress of the House of York.

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