History Fix
History Fix
Shea LaFountaine
Ep. 129 Richard III: How the “Parking Lot King” Rose, Reigned, Fell, and Was Rediscovered Over 500 Years Later
42 minutes Posted Sep 7, 2025 at 9:00 am.
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In this week's episode, I delve farther into one of the character's from last week's episode about the War of the Roses: Richard III. Richard is a highly misunderstood historical figure, whose reputation was tainted by later Tudor propaganda during the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, the son and granddaughter of his usurper, Henry VII. But how much of that reputation was deserved? And, possibly more interesting, what did we learn from the 2012 discovery of Richard's body crammed unadorn...