"The injury appears to confirm contemporary accounts that he died in close combat in the thick of the battle and unhorsed – as in the great despairing cry Shakespeare gives him: 'A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!'"
Maev Kennedy in The Guardian reports the confirmation of the discovery of Richard III's remains in Leicester, England.
Showing posts with label 1480s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1480s. Show all posts
Monday, February 04, 2013
The Winter of His Disinterment
Labels:
1480s,
2010s,
archaeology,
Britain,
fifteenth century,
history,
medieval,
Plantagenets,
Shakespeare,
Tudors
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