An archaeological team has announced that remains discovered last year in Leicester are those of King Richard III.
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/new ... chard.III/
Here's a much more in depth article: http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/opinion/j ... ?hpt=hp_t3
Remains of Richard III Located
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Re: Remains of Richard III Located
A nice picture of the standards of Richard III and the Earl of Richmond (Henry VII) here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21245346
The experts think that at least one of the blows to the head was caused by a heavy bladed weapon, but later refer exclusively to a halberd. But on the balance of probabilities it was a bill since that was the preferred weapon of English and Welsh infantry at that period. It was the English bill that triumphed over the Scottish pike at Flodden on 9 September 1513 (500 years ago this year).
http://www.tomsarazac.com/tom/Fun/polearms.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21245346
The experts think that at least one of the blows to the head was caused by a heavy bladed weapon, but later refer exclusively to a halberd. But on the balance of probabilities it was a bill since that was the preferred weapon of English and Welsh infantry at that period. It was the English bill that triumphed over the Scottish pike at Flodden on 9 September 1513 (500 years ago this year).
http://www.tomsarazac.com/tom/Fun/polearms.html
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