Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King

Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King
Title Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King PDF eBook
Author Mike Pitts
Publisher Thames & Hudson
Pages 293
Release 2014-11-11
Genre History
ISBN 0500772053

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The story of the archaeology behind the dig that found Richard III, told through a fascinating array of photographs, diagrams, and firsthand accounts In August 2012 a search began and on February 4, 2013 a team from Leicester University delivered its verdict to a mesmerized press room, watched by media studios around the world: they had found the remains of Richard III, whose history is perhaps the most contested of all British monarchs. History offers a narrow range of information about Richard III which mostly has already been worked to destruction. Archaeology creates new data, new stories, with a different kind of material: physical remains from which modern science can wrest a surprising amount, and which provide a direct, tangible connection with the past. Unlike history, archaeological research demands that teams of people with varied backgrounds work together. Archaeology is a communal activity, in which the interaction of personalities as well as professional skills can change the course of research. Photographs from the author’s own archives, alongside additional material from Leicester University, offer a compelling detective story as the evidence is uncovered.

Finding Richard III:

Finding Richard III:
Title Finding Richard III: PDF eBook
Author A.J. Carson
Publisher Imprimis Imprimatur
Pages 129
Release 2018-09-07
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0957684037

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Their task was to locate a lost grave in an obliterated church. The ‘Looking For Richard’ team of historians and researchers spent many years amassing evidence. Now for the first time they reveal the full story of how that evidence took them to a car park in Leicester.

King Richard II

King Richard II
Title King Richard II PDF eBook
Author William Shakespeare
Publisher
Pages 140
Release 1868
Genre
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The Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA

The Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA
Title The Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA PDF eBook
Author John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher The History Press
Pages 375
Release 2013-01-16
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0752498665

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The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard's body; his burial; and the construction of his tomb. And there is the fascinating story of why, and how, Richard III's family tree was traced until a relative was found, alive and well, in Canada. Now, with the discovery of Richard's skeleton at the Greyfrairs Priory in Leicester, England, John Ashdown-Hill explains how his book inspired the dig and completes Richard III's fascinating story, giving details of how Richard died, and how the DNA link to a living relative of the king allowed the royal body to be identified.

Digging For Richard Iii

Digging For Richard Iii
Title Digging For Richard Iii PDF eBook
Author Mike Pitts
Publisher National Geographic Books
Pages 0
Release 2014-11-11
Genre History
ISBN 0500252009

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The story of the archaeology behind the dig that found Richard III, told through a fascinating array of photographs, diagrams, and firsthand accounts In August 2012 a search began and on February 4, 2013 a team from Leicester University delivered its verdict to a mesmerized press room, watched by media studios around the world: they had found the remains of Richard III, whose history is perhaps the most contested of all British monarchs. History offers a narrow range of information about Richard III which mostly has already been worked to destruction. Archaeology creates new data, new stories, with a different kind of material: physical remains from which modern science can wrest a surprising amount, and which provide a direct, tangible connection with the past. Unlike history, archaeological research demands that teams of people with varied backgrounds work together. Archaeology is a communal activity, in which the interaction of personalities as well as professional skills can change the course of research. Photographs from the author’s own archives, alongside additional material from Leicester University, offer a compelling detective story as the evidence is uncovered.

Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King (Revised and Expanded)

Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King (Revised and Expanded)
Title Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King (Revised and Expanded) PDF eBook
Author Mike Pitts
Publisher Thames & Hudson
Pages 315
Release 2015-09-08
Genre History
ISBN 0500773033

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"As gripping as any detective fiction. Proof that one doesn't need to be fascinated with Richard III to be enthralled by the story of his body's discovery." —Publisher's Weekly In August 2012 a search began, and on February 4, 2013, a team from Leicester University delivered its verdict to a mesmerized press room and to the world: they had found the remains of Richard III, whose legacy was perhaps the most contested of all British monarchs. Prior to this major discovery, there had been little new information about Richard III for some time. With no new evidence to fuel it, the debate over what kind of man he might have been seemed to have stalled. Thus the story of the discovery of Richard III is a story of the value of archaeology—careful analysis of physical evidence backed up by the latest science and technology—and how it can change our understanding of history. Firsthand accounts from the team that found the king, along with photographs from the author’s own archives and an expanded epilogue incorporating new DNA evidence, augment this compelling detective story as the evidence is uncovered.

Richard III

Richard III
Title Richard III PDF eBook
Author Terry Breverton
Publisher Amberley Publishing Limited
Pages 326
Release 2013-10-15
Genre History
ISBN 1445621118

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Has history gone full circle? Was Richard III really as evil as Shakespeare would have us believe?