Who Is King Richard III: Undeniable Or Misunderstood?

Richard III, the infamous last Yorkist King of England, stigmatised throughout history as a tyrannical, urspring, monarchy. Hundreds of years after his death, he still arises in discussion as truth has been replaced by opinion. His portrayal has been distorted and therefore the legitimacy of the claims are debatable as to whether he was indeed authoritative or misunderstood. After Richard’s death in 1485 AD during the battle of the Bosworth Field, Henry VII seized the throne becoming the first Tudor king. To eradicate any honorable legacy of Richard Henry VII he planned a policy of Tudor propaganda which lasted for the next 100 years before the ‘Ricardians ’ began questioning the accounts. The notoriety he possessed originally arose from Tudor

Propagandists such as: The ‘Croyland Chronicle’, Thomas More’s ‘History of King Richard III’ and Polydore Vergil’s ‘Anglica Historia.’ In turn, these men have transformed the reputation of Richard III, perhaps by an ulterior influence of Henry VII. On the contrary, the ‘Ricardians’ refute the argument, instead forwarding the notion that Richard was misunderstood and positioned in unfavourable circumstances, historians such as: Sir George Buck ‘ ‘ and Sir William Cornwall ‘ ‘, held this belief, which is evident in their accounts.