How King Richard died in battle

[Peter1469]

How King Richard died in battle

His body was only found a couple of years ago.

A forensic study released on Wednesday offers a picture of the last gruesome moments of King Richard III’s life before he died in 1485. He the last English king to die in battle. His real story was mangled in memory forever by Shakespeare: While he appears to have had scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine, he was not the hunchback portrayed by The Bard.


But the study confirms contemporary accounts of his death in battle. “Richard’s injuries represent a sustained attack or an attack by several assailants with weapons from the later medieval period,” said Sarah Hainsworth, a professor at the University of Leicester and a co-author of the study. “The wounds to the skull suggest that he was not wearing a helmet, and the absence of defensive wounds on his arms and hands indicate that he was otherwise still armored at the time of his death,” she said in a statement describing the extensive study.

[Redrose]

We should have battles like that today. Our presidents, ALL OF THEM, should go to battle with the troops....boots on the ground.

Personally, I pay to see Obama and Putin in a hand to hand battle. It would be remembered as the "Crushin' Russian" vs the "Cryin' Hawaiian".

[Private Pickle]

Probably got conked out and then beaten to death after they took his crowned helm.

[PolWatch]

Henry Tudor came up after the battle, took Richard's crown & started the Tudor reign...quicker than an election!

[del]

Probably got conked out and then beaten to death after they took his crowned helm.

Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee.
Lo, here, this long-usurped royalty
From the dead temples of this bloody wretch
Have I pluck'd off, to grace thy brows withal:
Wear it, enjoy it, and make much of it

[Common Sense]

We should have battles like that today. Our presidents, ALL OF THEM, should go to battle with the troops....boots on the ground.

Personally, I pay to see Obama and Putin in a hand to hand battle. It would be remembered as the "Crushin' Russian" vs the "Cryin' Hawaiian".

I've never understood why some on the right love this guy...

It's sort of treasonous.

[del]

I've never understood why some on the right love this guy...

It's sort of treasonous.

he's hawt in a not that there's anything wrong with that kind of way

[Captain Obvious]

Probably died of gonorrhea and they baked that other $#@! up to make it sound more kingly.

[Gunny]

I've never understood why some on the right love this guy...

It's sort of treasonous.

If that's treasonous, there'd be a LOT of lefties sitting in jail. Putin is dismissive of Obama because he see him for the joke he is.

Speaking of intrigue, Richard III's ascension to the throne is not exactly the honorable way to go about things.

[PolWatch]

If that's treasonous, there'd be a LOT of lefties sitting in jail. Putin is dismissive of Obama because he see him for the joke he is.

Speaking of intrigue, Richard III's ascension to the throne is not exactly the honorable way to go about things.

hmmm...ole Richard was not a nice fella....he was supposed to be regent for his nephews, but imprisoned them in the Tower of London and they disappeared (no proof of what actually happened). He was involved with and planned to marry his niece after getting rid of Henry Tudor. Tudor won the crown & the princess. I love the history of the English crown...much better than any soap opera....and they say Americans are uncouth!