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Amy Licence: historian of the lives of Medieval, Tudor and early modern women; nineteenth and early twentieth century art, history, literature and culture; writer of literary ficton.

Thursday, 25 April 2013

Educating Edward: What Sort of King Might Richard III's Son Have Made?

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Edward of Middleham is most famous for having died young. Like his cousins, the Princes in the Tower, he was one of those many individuals ...
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Wednesday, 27 March 2013

A Northern Lord in London: The City Richard III Knew.

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                                     Panorama of C16th London from the south bank.   Richard III is well known for having been a nort...
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Friday, 8 March 2013

Roads, Hospitals and Shrines: Richard III and the Canterbury Pilgrimage Route

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                  Detail from a wall painting of the Annunciation inside St Nicholas, Harbledown On Tuesday 5 March, I published an a...
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Sunday, 3 March 2013

All the Women We've Never Heard Of: Women's History Month.

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March is Women’s History Month or International Women’s Month, depending on whereabouts you are in the world. This is an interesting recent...
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Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Richard III: "Might I very politely request a fresh horse?"

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Shakespeare’s dramatic version of Richard III's story was not the only one produced at the end of the Sixteenth Century. Nor was it th...
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Friday, 1 February 2013

Elizabeth of York, the Forthcoming Biography: Interview with Amy Licence

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To coincide with the publication of “Elizabeth of York; The Forgotten Tudor Queen,” later this month, I invited questions about my biograph...
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Writing about medieval and Tudor history, with a particular interest in women's lives and experiences. I'm the author of twenty-eight books and have also written for The Guardian, TLS, BBC History website, The New Statesman, The Huffington Post, The English Review and The London Magazine. I've appeared in TV documentaries and have been interviewed numerous times live on radio. I've been shortlisted twice for the Asham Award for women's short fiction and my historical novels have met with acclaim. @PrufrocksPeach
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