Ga naar het hoofdnavigatiemenu Ga naar tekst Ga naar de voettekst van deze webpagina
##common.pageHeaderLogo.altText##

Artigos

v. 5, n. 1 (2023)

Was King Richard III Really Such a Bad Guy?

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22456/2596-0911.134806
Ingezonden
augustus 15, 2023
Gepubliceerd
2024-05-24

Samenvatting

The historical figure of King Richard III of England has suffered defamation at the hands of Tudor propagandists and most pointedly from the quill of England’s most famous Bard. Consequently, popular memory has us believe that the king was indeed a sociopathic megalomaniac who murdered his own nephews in order to seize power. This paper examines and questions the historiography of Richard III, presents alternative options that absolve the King’s ill repute, and proposes that Richard III should be remembered as a heroic warrior King rather than a psychopathic tyrant of the Tudors’ and Shakespeare’s history.

Referenties

  1. CARR, Edward Hallett. What is History? New York: Vintage Random House, 2001.
  2. HAMMOND, Carolyn. Richard III: His Appearance, on The Richard III Society. Disponível em: http://www.richardiii.net/. Acesso em: 11 jun. 2023.
  3. HICKS, Michael. The Wars of the Roses 1455-1487. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003.
  4. HOBSBAWM, Eric. On History. New York: The New Press, 1997.
  5. MAURER, Helen. The Controversies: The Princes in the Tower, on The Richard III Society. Disponível em: http://www.richardiii.net/. Acesso em: 21 jun. 2023.
  6. MEYER, G.J. The Tudors. New York: Bantam Books, 2011.
  7. MOORHEN, Wendy. A Brief Biography and Introduction to Richard's Reputation, on The Richard III Society. Disponível em: http://www.richardiii.net/. Acesso em: 13 jun. 2023.
  8. MOORHEN, Wendy. William, Lord Hastings, and the crisis of 1483: An Assessment, on The Richard III Society. Disponível em: http://www.richardiii.net/. Acesso em: 24 jun. 2023.
  9. PENMAN, Sharon Kay. The Sunne in Splendour. New York: Ballantyne Books, 2013.
  10. SCHAMA, Simon. A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3000BC-AD1603. London: BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2000.
  11. SHAKESPEARE, William. Richard III. Disponível em: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1103. Acesso em: 1 jun. 2023.
  12. SMART, Alastair. Richard III Visions of a Villain? On The Telegraph. Disponível em: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/9809671/Richard-III-Visions-of-a-villain.html. Acesso em: 11 jun. 2023.
  13. WAGNER, John. The Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2001.

##plugins.generic.usageStats.downloads##

##plugins.generic.usageStats.noStats##