On the 533rd anniversary of the Battle of Bosworth, Natalie Grueninger chats with author and historian Chris Skidmore about this hugely important historical event that heralded the end of the Plantagenet dynasty and marked the birth of the Tudors.
Click here to visit Chris Skidmore’s official website.
Listen using the above player, on iTunes or on Stitcher. If you’ve enjoyed the episode, I would be so grateful if you’d consider leaving a review on iTunes. Don’t forget to join our group on Facebook for all behind-the-scenes news and updates.
Interesting Links:
Church of St James the Greater, Dadlington, where many of the dead were buried after the Battle of Bosworth.
The Dog and Hedgehog Inn, Dadlington.
Bosworth Crucifix (Society of Antiquaries London)
Merevale Abbey (Where Henry Tudor stayed on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth)
http://www.kingbaxgroup.org.uk/html/merevale.html
http://www.baxterley.com/?page_id=763
Books Mentioned
The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy by Ian Arthurson
Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald
Tudor Takeaways
Tudor primary sources: http://aalt.law.uh.edu/IndexPri.html
Polydore Vergil’s Anglia Historia
Latest Comments