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aquart

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79. Yes. As to most women being forced...
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 10:18 PM
Feb 2013

Women could make strategic decisions as well as men, but plenty of people married for preference alone. There's an adorable letter in which Richard III comments on the marriage of Jane Shore.

cool. nt xchrom Feb 2013 #1
Geez, everyone knows... gadjitfreek Feb 2013 #2
And this man has been alive 600 years to present a documentary about the time ... muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #3
that was definitely worth the time to watch. Maine-ah Feb 2013 #27
Thanks for posting that! Berlin Expat Feb 2013 #30
I really enjoyed this! ReRe Feb 2013 #44
That was fascinating! trayfoot Feb 2013 #47
This was great. Thanks for the link! n/t winter is coming Feb 2013 #60
Thank you Berlum Feb 2013 #74
A Blackadder reference? Here? tclambert Feb 2013 #5
But I am King Penguin! Paulie Feb 2013 #6
nuh-uh. i like edna too bedazzled Feb 2013 #10
Fan of the show - forget that I have Blacketter's in my family tree!! jwirr Feb 2013 #41
Oh, please. aquart Feb 2013 #46
I LOVE Blackadder! n/t bitchkitty Feb 2013 #73
Thank you for confirming! mascarax Feb 2013 #24
I loved that show too. Beacool Feb 2013 #35
I wonder if the reburial will be Catholic rites. n/t sarge43 Feb 2013 #4
I'm more concerned about where he will be buried T_i_B Feb 2013 #7
Good point. sarge43 Feb 2013 #8
York's claims Tansy_Gold Feb 2013 #12
I wish for a York burial, too, Matilda Feb 2013 #67
Good question. It damn well should be. aquart Feb 2013 #48
I believe you're thinking of Elizabeth of York. sarge43 Feb 2013 #56
Yes. As to most women being forced... aquart Feb 2013 #79
Indeed sarge43 Feb 2013 #84
No; she married Sir Thomas St. Leger muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #65
How did Henry VII miss her in the purge? aquart Feb 2013 #71
Because there wasn't a 'purge' muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #72
And yet so many ended up so dead. aquart Feb 2013 #82
It had to be a purely female descent, to use thr mitochondrial DNA muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #83
Could anything have been done at the time to correct/ameliorate it? winter is coming Feb 2013 #75
Buried under a parking lot lunatica Feb 2013 #9
How the mighty have fallen......... Beacool Feb 2013 #36
He deserved worse Ian Iam Feb 2013 #59
I'm just wondering why Shakespeare hosed him over so badly. Archae Feb 2013 #11
Shakespeare lived and wrote under the Tudors n/t Tansy_Gold Feb 2013 #13
I take it then Richard III wasn't liked by the Tudors. Archae Feb 2013 #16
The founder of the Tudor dynasty was Henry Tudor aka Earl of Richmond aka Henry VII. sarge43 Feb 2013 #19
After Richard had Elizabeth's two young brothers murderd so he could claim Sheldon Cooper Feb 2013 #22
Richard III is one of three possible murders of those children happyslug Feb 2013 #33
I'm apparently descended from Henry VII. Guess he wasn't such a great guy........ kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #61
Old saying "Bastards and Cream float to the top" happyslug Feb 2013 #66
Er.....no. T_i_B Feb 2013 #20
Well, Henry shut down the Yorkists by killing off most of them. sarge43 Feb 2013 #25
I think he is the best suspect Scairp Feb 2013 #43
After Titulus Regius, the boys were no longer a legal threat to Richard Tansy_Gold Feb 2013 #52
But Blowtorch_Evans Feb 2013 #57
The Earl of Richmond's granddaughter could close down the theaters with one word. sarge43 Feb 2013 #18
Excuse me? Tansy_Gold Feb 2013 #26
Forgive me for using the impersonal "you". sarge43 Feb 2013 #29
Okay, that makes more sense! Tansy_Gold Feb 2013 #31
Read The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. aquart Feb 2013 #49
Next Jimmy Hoffa! JoeBlowToo Feb 2013 #14
Lol Scairp Feb 2013 #58
Restless spirit... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2013 #15
My Kingdom for a Parking Lot... pink-o Feb 2013 #17
BREAKING: Traces of Richard III DNA found in Tesco burgers NYC Liberal Feb 2013 #21
How about my kingdom for a Jaguar? BigAnth Feb 2013 #45
How do you know he's a king? He hasn't got shit all over him. n/t Ian David Feb 2013 #23
Cockney Rhyming Slang Blowtorch_Evans Feb 2013 #53
That is funny. hrmjustin Feb 2013 #54
Thanks n/t Blowtorch_Evans Feb 2013 #55
I have Plantagenets in my ancestry...this is as far back as it goes: thecrow Feb 2013 #28
We're extremely distant half cousins! csziggy Feb 2013 #38
Eltweed? aquart Feb 2013 #50
Yes, it was a common given name in that family csziggy Feb 2013 #68
I hope a copy of his skull is made before burial so his visage can be restored. mgc1961 Feb 2013 #32
Oh, I want that for Christmas! aquart Feb 2013 #51
They've done a reconstruction for the TV programme that has just started in the UK muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #62
They're planning to do that, actually Posteritatis Feb 2013 #64
Sheesh, you get here late and all the good jokes have already been taken. ;-) n/t eggplant Feb 2013 #34
Around here if you snooze, you lose. Beacool Feb 2013 #37
Verdict on Richard III's remains......... T_i_B Feb 2013 #70
It Was The "Aevill MuthreFuchre" Neck Chain That Made Positive I.D. Posible..... (nt) Paladin Feb 2013 #39
I thought they already knew where Nixon was buried. Kablooie Feb 2013 #40
Over acting: El Supremo Feb 2013 #42
It's Good To Be The King JoKandice Feb 2013 #63
Good. Gemini Cat Feb 2013 #69
Now the Queen needs to allow testing to be done on the Two Princes in the Tower Drale Feb 2013 #76
I don't think you could be that accurate muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #77
Still its unknown whether the 2 bodies found near the tower Drale Feb 2013 #78
Pretty sure you can't tell who ordered a murder from DNA.. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #80
You could answer some questions from the ages of the children. Matilda Feb 2013 #81
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