Re: MR: Was Richard maligned?

["Sallie Montuori, aka Alys of Foxdale" <foxdale@wolfstar.com>]

Poster: "Sallie Montuori, aka Alys of Foxdale" <foxdale@wolfstar.com>

Shakespeare was just being a good boy pleasing his Tudor patron.  No,
Richard was not nearly so badly off as Shakespeare portrayed him.

   Alys of Foxdale        | Vert, on a fess between three trees
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> Poster: Razmus the Innocent <azrael@access.digex.net>
> 
> I had always assumed it was assumed that Richard III WASN'T really
> malformed as Shakespeare and Sir Thomas Moore would have folks
> believe.  Something about these two gentles working for Elizabeth and
> Henry of a competing lineage...  (I can never keep the Tutors,
> Lancasters, etc...
> 
> Ummm... ditto about Richard killing off his two little nephews.  Never
> happened, nope, sorry.
> 
> > 
> > Poster: edh@ascc01.ascc.lucent.com (Alfredo el Bufon)
> > 
> > This may be a controversial point of view, and I admit I
> > have no first-hand knowledge one way or another, but...
> > 
> > If Richard III had a "whithered arm", as William
> > Shakespeare claims, how could he fight on horseback?
> > Wouldn't he need one hand for the reins and another
> > for his sword?  And Shakespeare is mistaken on that
> > score, mightn't he be wrong also about Richard being
> > hunchbacked, and about certain words and actions
> > that he attributes to Richard which would tend to
> > impugn his character?
> > 
> > Or am I mistaken about needing two hands to fight
> > on horseback?
> > 
> > -- Alfredo
> >  
> > Alfredo el Bufon
> > Elvegast, Windmaster's Hill, Atlantia
> > edh@ascc01.ascc.lucent.com
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