Michael Hicks
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Professor of Medieval History, University of Winchester, England. Author of Richard III, English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Century, and others.
Primary Contributions (1)
Richard III was the last Plantagenet and Yorkist king of England. He usurped the throne of his nephew Edward V in 1483 and perished in defeat to Henry Tudor (thereafter Henry VII) at the Battle of Bosworth Field. For almost 500 years after his death, he was generally depicted as the worst and most…
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