Richard III: Bloody will be thine end – Mathew Morris Talk

Summary

Richard III: Bloody will be thine end

The life and death of England’s last medieval king

There is an enduring fascination with King Richard III, England’s last medieval king and the notorious villain of William Shakespeare’s titular play.

Richard III was the last king of the House of Plantagenet, the last English king to die in battle, and his death in 1485 heralded the beginning of a new post-medieval ruling dynasty, the Tudors.

The rediscovery of his mortal remains beneath a car park in Leicester in 2012 became a world-wide sensation, blending modern detective work with dark historic deeds to give a global audience a tangible connection with our past.

Join Mathew Morris from the University of Leicester, one of the lead archaeologists in the search for Richard III, and find out how modern forensic science is providing new insights into Richard III’s life and his death.

Copies of Mathew’s books will be available for purchase.

Tickets cost £8 per person. Pre-booking is Essential.

Book HERE or by calling 01455 290429.

You DO NOT need a Remembering Richard’s Return event ticket to attend this talk. However, if you want to enjoy the full experience of a packed living-history weekend (in our Events Arena), you will need to purchase a separate event ticket, available here. 

About the speaker

Mathew Morris is a Project Officer at ULAS with over 20 years of commercial archaeological experience. He has excavated a wide range of rural and urban archaeology across the Midlands, from the prehistoric period through to the Industrial Revolution. He has spent much of his career digging up Leicester and, in 2012, he directed the successful archaeological search for the lost grave of King Richard III. His interests include urban archaeology, Roman and medieval archaeology and communicating archaeology to new audiences. He has co-authored Life in Roman and Medieval Leicester (2021) and four popular books on Leicester archaeology, Visions of Ancient Leicester (2011), Richard III: The King under the Car Park (2013), Life in the Roman World: Roman Leicester (2018) and Exploring Roman Leicester: The Story of the Jewry Wall Baths (forthcoming).