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Why I moved the battle of Bosworth to Atherstone
www.r3.org/bosworth/texts/jones.html
Article
by Michael K Jones for the online journal of the Richard III Society,
in which – while discussing a new theory for the Battle of Bosworth
– he outlines his findings on Edward IV's illegitimacy, claiming
that this made Richard the true heir to the throne.
Descendants of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/
users/f/r/e/Alan-G-Freer/ODT10-0001.html
A complete family tree of all of Clarence's descendants.
Ashby de la Zouch Castle
www.english-heritage.org.uk/filestore/visitsevents/
asp/visits/Details.asp?Property_Id=53
Built in the 15th century by the 1st Lord Hastings, this is now an impressive
ruin dominated by a magnificent tower. Sir Walter Scott made Ashby Castle
the setting for the tournament in his novel Ivanhoe, and it was
here that Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner for a time by the 3rd
earl of Huntingdon.
Loudoun Castle: Family theme park
www.loudouncastle.co.uk
The ruins that were once the seat of the powerful Hastings/Loudoun family
in Ayrshire are now surrounded by a theme park.
Books
Arthurian Myths and Alchemy: The kingship of Edward IV by Jonathan
Hughes (Sutton Publishing, 2002). US edition only; may be available from
online bookshops.
Edward IV ruled England for 23 years through the Wars of the Roses, but
has always been overshadowed by his younger brother Richard III, who reigned
for only two. Jonathan Hughes here examines Edward's emotional and spiritual
life and reveals a complicated, charismatic character. Alongside great
energy, intelligence, inspirational leadership and charm, Edward displayed
darker characteristics such as compulsive womanising and eating, and tendencies
towards cruelty, avarice, inertia, indecision and melancholy.
Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a battle by Michael K Jones (Tempus,
2003) £12.99
A startling new history incorporating the author's freshly discovered
eyewitness account of the battle – a discovery that turns Shakespeare
on its head. He provides arguments and evidence to suggest the possibility
that there was something rotten at the heart of the Yorkist family. Richard
is cast as the legitimate heir of his father, Richard, duke of York, both
in terms of blood and political heritage. Because of this, the overthrow
of Edward V, the elder of the two 'Princes in the Tower', becomes an act
prompted more by family duty than personal ambition. Of the battle itself,
we are not only given a new location but also a wholly new way of interpreting
the manoeuvres and motivations of the combatants.
The King's Mother: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and
Derby by Michael K Jones and Malcolm G Underwood (Cambridge University
Press, 1993). Out of print; may be available from libraries or second-hand
bookshops.
This study of the life of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII and foundress
of two Cambridge colleges, is both the first biography of Lady Margaret
to explore the full range of archival sources, and one of the best-documented
studies of any late-medieval woman.
