Comments on: Bosworth site, spot where Richard died confirmed http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/4875 History fetish? What history fetish? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/4875/comment-page-1#comment-47068 livius drusus Mon, 03 May 2010 16:48:56 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=4875#comment-47068 Thank you kindly. I just perused your blog and enjoyed it immensely. I can't wait to read your review of <i>The Coburg Conspiracy</i>. Thank you kindly. I just perused your blog and enjoyed it immensely. I can’t wait to read your review of The Coburg Conspiracy.

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/4875/comment-page-1#comment-47067 livius drusus Mon, 03 May 2010 16:48:06 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=4875#comment-47067 Excellent point your guide made. The advantage of the high ground lies in keeping it, not in charging down it. :lol: Excellent point your guide made. The advantage of the high ground lies in keeping it, not in charging down it. :lol:

]]> By: M.L. Littlefield http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/4875/comment-page-1#comment-47028 M.L. Littlefield Sun, 02 May 2010 22:28:19 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=4875#comment-47028 Brilliant article! What a piece of history. Excellent blog. :yes: Cheers, Mandy Brilliant article! What a piece of history. Excellent blog. :yes:

Cheers,
Mandy

]]> By: Nita Knapp http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/4875/comment-page-1#comment-44153 Nita Knapp Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:30:16 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=4875#comment-44153 Really pleased and congratulations to all those who spent the time to work on the site. Many, many years ago, we visited the area and I was told by a man who showed us around Merevale Church [the only bit left of the Abbey where Henry Tudor stayed the night before the battle] that the main battle area would not have been around Ambien Hill, nor would anyone in their right mind charge down a hill into an awaiting army! My friends who were Ricardians would have none of it! Looking forward to seeing an exhibition of the recovered items. NK Really pleased and congratulations to all those who spent the time to work on the site. Many, many years ago, we visited the area and I was told by a man who showed us around Merevale Church [the only bit left of the Abbey where Henry Tudor stayed the night before the battle] that the main battle area would not have been around Ambien Hill, nor would anyone in their right mind charge down a hill into an awaiting army! My friends who were Ricardians would have none of it!

Looking forward to seeing an exhibition of the recovered items.

NK

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/4875/comment-page-1#comment-43925 livius drusus Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:54:47 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=4875#comment-43925 Good point about the chroniclers tendency to downplay combat they considered unchivalric, although Froissart described the decisive success of the Welsh longbowmen against heavy cavalry in the Hundred Years' War. I think also the amount of artillery found on the field is surprising not compared to chroniclers so much as compared to every other European battlefield up until that point. The firepower at Bosworth really broke the curve. Good point about the chroniclers tendency to downplay combat they considered unchivalric, although Froissart described the decisive success of the Welsh longbowmen against heavy cavalry in the Hundred Years’ War.

I think also the amount of artillery found on the field is surprising not compared to chroniclers so much as compared to every other European battlefield up until that point. The firepower at Bosworth really broke the curve.

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