Sean
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Why are you down on Yorkists anyway? The present House of Windsor has no more or less connection to the Lancastrians than to the Yorkists.
You've never been to Leeds, have you?
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Why are you down on Yorkists anyway? The present House of Windsor has no more or less connection to the Lancastrians than to the Yorkists.
You've never been to Leeds, have you?
You've never been to Leeds, have you?
I have, back in the mid-'80s.
But York proper is a lovely town.
The only good thing about York is that it's legal to shoot Scotsmen within the city walls.
This actually strikes me as a bit of a stretch though I suppose if you have legitimate decendants and enough matches you could reach a pretty tight conclusion. All things considered it probably is him, though I don't think "proof" really applies here.BBC article said:Experts from the University of Leicester said DNA from the bones matched that of descendants of the monarch's family.
Lead archaeologist Richard Buckley, from the University of Leicester, told a press conference to applause: "Beyond reasonable doubt it's Richard."
The only good thing about York is that it's legal to shoot Scotsmen within the city walls.
What kind of car did he drive?
In August 2012, the University of Leicester in collaboration with the Richard III Society and Leicester City Council, began one of the most ambitious archaeological projects ever attempted: no less than a search for the lost grave of King Richard III.
The last English king to die in battle, Richard had been buried five centuries earlier with little pomp in the church of the Grey Friars, all physical trace of which had long since been lost.
Incredibly, the excavation uncovered not only the friary - preserved underneath a council car park - but also a battle-scarred skeleton with spinal curvature. On 4th February 2013, after a battery of scientific tests, the University announced to the world's press that these were the remains of Richard III. England's last Plantagenet monarch had been found.
A very pronounced curve in the spine was visible when the body was first uncovered, evidence of scoliosis which may have meant that Richard’s right shoulder was noticeably higher than his left.
As well as the curve that was visible when the skeleton was excavated, evidence of scoliosis can be seen in many of the individual vertebrae. The appearance of these bones should be symmetrical, but the image shows that many of the vertebrae had abnormalities in their shape.
The type of scoliosis seen here is known as idiopathic adolescent onset scoliosis. The word idiopathic means that the reason for its development is not entirely clear, although there is probably a genetic component. The term adolescent onset indicates that the deformity wasn’t present at birth, but developed after the age of ten.
It is quite possible that the scoliosis would have been progressive, continuing to get worse as Richard got older. It would have put pressure on his lungs and may have caused shortness of breath, but clearly did not stop him from leading an active lifestyle.
‘Intolerance to uncertainty’ (IU) is a recognised condition occurring to varying degrees in many people. Richard was born into a world of conflict, a world where decisions were made and orders given, a world where execution, exile or imprisonment – or death in battle – could change the political landscape at a stroke.
IU is often characterised by rigid moral values, a strong belief in justice and the law, and a general view of the world as ‘black and white’. This is reflected in the changes Richard made to the legal system in his twenty-six months on the throne and is consistent with his actions as Lord Protector and King right up to his final ill-fated charge on Bosworth Field
1. The largest injury is this hole where part of the skull has been completely sliced away. This could only have been caused by a large, very sharp blade wielded with some force. Whilst it is not possible to prove exactly which kind of weapon caused this injury, it is consistent with a halberd or something similar. An injury like this would have been fatal.
2. Wound on right base of skull.
A second potentially fatal injury, visible in the same photograph, is a jagged hole at the top of the image (i.e. the right side of the skull). A sword or similar bladed weapon has been thrust through the bone. Close examination of the interior of the skull revealed a mark opposite this wound, showing that the blade penetrated to a depth of 10.5cm...
After reading all of this, I'm still wondering how the hell do you lose the body of a King of England and forget where the grave site is?
Richard III's remains: Leicester car park dug up
OK so the cunt was of the house of York ~spits~ but he was a king, fuck with our kings and we will hunt you down! not just bomb some third world cuntry like Afghanistan.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-19361350
A bid to find the remains of England's King Richard III is starting more than 500 years after his death on a Leicestershire battlefield.
A University of Leicester archaeological team is digging in the city's Grey Friars car park where they think he may have been buried.
King Richard III was killed at Bosworth in 1485 and his body taken to a Franciscan Friary in the city.
We didn't lose our President Kennedy's body. You lost a King's body for over 500 years. And our grassy knoll is still there, yours is a parking lot now.
Disable-ist shower! I reckon it was some equal opportunities bint bogged him down in paperwork for his Motability donkey that allowed the welsh to sneak up behind him.
Let's see how good your record keeping looks after six hundred years.
Jinx is making me watch Gavin and Stacy. Not sure how that fits in but there you have it.
After reading all of this, I'm still wondering how the hell do you lose the body of a King of England and forget where the grave site is?
article said:The last English king to die in battle, Richard had been buried five centuries earlier with little pomp in the church of the Grey Friars, all physical trace of which had long since been lost.
Disable-ist shower! I reckon it was some equal opportunities bint bogged him down in paperwork for his Motability donkey that allowed the welsh to sneak up behind him.