What's New

For news from the Richard III Society in London, see http://www.richardiii.net/

See also the new member-maintained news blog, which will be easier to update than this web page.

Archived Website News: 2005 and older

August 2005

• New on site: The Song of Lady Bessy, a sixteenth century ballad about the Battle of Bosworth Field.

July 2005

• Annual General Meeting Brochure

February 2005

• News elsewhere: New opera, same old Richard III
• Richard III Society, American Branch tour of England (June 2005)

February 2004

• Early information on AGM 2004
• In Memory of Charles T. Wood, 1933-2004
• Laurence Olivier's Richard III: A compilation by Paul Trevor Bale

November 2003

• To commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Paul Murray Kendall, Compton Reeves has allowed us to place this biographical sketch online.
• The American Branch is pleased to host the online version of the Society exhibition, "To Prove a Villain: The Real Richard III" displayed at the Olivier Theatre during the Ian McKellen/Richard Eyre production of William Shakespeare's Richard III.

October 2003

• Ricardian Rover 2004 Tour program and registration form online
• Kim Malo reviews John Ford's The Dragon Waiting, an alternate reality novel with Richard III, wizards, vampires, and more, for Halloween

August 2003

• AGM 2003 Program and registration information now online.

January 2003

• Society member sponsors booth at February renaissance fair in central Florida.

November/December 2002

• Michael K. Jones, author of Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle, explains why he thinks the battle took place at a different location. See also two new books on Bosworth.
• Notice anything strange? We've changed our internet service provider and every so often we find something that doesn't work the way it should. If you find anything wrong, please send e-mail to feedback@r3.org
• New in Ricardian fiction: list of mysteries set in the middle ages; the mystery of Josephine Tey
• Updated index for Vol. 11-12 of The Ricardian

October 2002

• Plan your 2003 vacation now! Advance information and booking form for our July 2003 tour of Ricardian Britain

September 2002

• Added information on three graduate students given financial aid through the Society's William B. and Maryloo Schallek Memorial Graduate Fellowships Awards.
• Long-time soc.history.medieval contributor Martin Reboul isn't exactly right-thinking about Richard III, but he has some interesting theories about the Battle of Barnet. With a "Two Men in a Trench" episode on Barnet in the works, the author is hoping for comments on his approach, reproduced here with permission. (Large file)

August 2002

• Added 2002 Annual General Meeting pages.
• Updated coverage of the Edward IV Roll was added spring 2002 but not put on this page until now.

June 2002

• Happy 550th Birthday!
  On October 2, 2002, Richard III turns 550. A page of Richard III-related events in England for the summer, fall, and winter, put together by the Worcestershire Branch, with links to our parent society's site.
• The Ghost of Richard III. Long 1614 poem about Richard III written as a first-person confession.

April 2002

• Holinshed's Chronicles. E-text version now online for the reign of Richard III (completed) and the reigns of Edward IV and Edward IV, work in progress

March 2002

• Added a review of sources related to Richard III's reputed illegitimate son, Richard of Eastwell
• Added new and updated bibliography on Later Medieval England from Professor A. Compton Reeves, Ohio University
• Travel with The Ricardian Rover in June/July 2002 to see Richard III's England

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