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The Richard III Foundation, Inc.
presents
“The Wars of the Roses:

Military Thought and Practice”

September 27, 2008

Our 2008 conference will take place on September 27, 2008 at the Market Bosworth High School and Community College, located at Station Road, Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

 

The program will begin with registration at 9:15 am and will conclude by 5 pm. 

 

Our speakers and their topics will include:
 

¨    David Baldwin - Reconstructing a Medieval Battle: Stoke Field 1487.

¨    Glenn Foard - Warfare in a medieval landscape: finding Bosworth battlefield

¨    Prof. Anthony Goodman - Richard 111 as a Military Commander.

¨    Dr. David Grummitt - Military Thought and Chivalric Expectation: Edward IV's French Campaign of 1475.

¨    Dr Paul Stamper of English Heritage - Battlefield conservation, designation and display: aims and approaches from across the world.

¨    Prof. Matthew Strickland - The Price of Defeat: The Treatment of Prisoners in the Wars of the Roses.

 

With Special Guest -  Honorary Patron Robert Hardy.

 

There will be a round table discussion in the afternoon that will be chaired by Professor Matthew Strickland that will include honorary patron Robert Hardy.

 

For further information or details, please contact us at Half Moon House, 32 Church Lane, Ryde. Isle of Wight PO33 2NB, or the corporate office at 9067 Vintage Wine Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 USA (for a full package) or email us at Richard3Foundation@yahoo.com

 

 Click here for Registration/Booking Form