Bibliographies

Arms and Armour of the Late Middle Ages: A Selective Bibliography

Abbott, Philip (compiler)

Typescript, 14 pages

Date: December 1993

Bibliography compiled by the Assistant Librarian of the Royal Armouries.

 

Richard III and the Princes in the Tower

APPS, D (compiler)

Leaflet

Published: 1983

Catalogue of selected non-fiction books and novels by Buckinghamshire libraries; not annotated.

 

England’s Official Rose: Tudor Concepts of the Middle Ages

Attreed, Lorraine C

From: Hermeneutics and Medieval Culture, ed P H Gallacher and H Damico

Published: 1989

On Henry Tudor’s view of himself as successor to the early British kings, bringing peace and order after the instability of the previous reigns, and on Tudor historians’ views of the past.

 

A Guide to the Sources of Information on Richard III and the Development of Ricardian Historiography

Baker, Christine A (compiler)

48 page typescript

Published: 1971-2

An annotated bibliography, intended to guide librarians and general readers.

 

Richard III in the 1980’s: An Inprint Bibliography

Bennett, Linda (compiler)

Booklet

Published: 1984

List of books then available, both non-fiction and novels; well annotated.

 

Richard III in the Department of Manuscripts

Burrows L C (compiler)

33 pages, mixture of photocopies and fresh type

Undated

List of many of the manuscripts in the British Library relating to Richard III.

 

The Reign of Henry VII: Some Recent Contributions

Chrimes, S B

From: Welsh History Review, Vol 10, No 3

Published: 1981

Reviews of recent books and articles, mainly on legal and administrative aspects of the reign.

 

A Study in the Historiography of King Richard III

Heathcote, K A

B.A. thesis, University of Liverpool

Presented: May 1952

Study of historians’ changing attitudes; the basis for the later work of A R Myers.

 

Recent Work on Richard III: A Survey

Horrox, Rosemary

From: History, Vol 72, No 235

Published: June 1987

Review of articles and books published between 1983 and 1985

 

The State of Research: Local and National Politics in Fifteenth Century England

Horrox, Rosemary

From: Journal of Medieval History, Vol 18, pp. 391-403

Published: 1992

Review, based on a select group of the changing attitudes of historians to the interlocking roles of the king, nobility and gentry in fifteenth century England.

 

Wales and Bosworth Field – Selective Historiography?

Jones, Emyr Wyn

From: National Library of Wales Journal, Vol 21, No 1

Published: 1979

Discusses the literature on the Battle of Bosworth, and its ignoring of the role of Wales and Welshmen.

 

Richard III: 1452-1485

Love-Taylor, G

Islington Libraries Booklet

Published: 1974

Selection of books to be found in Islington libraries on Richard III, his times and his associates; well annotated.

 

National and Civic Chronicles in Late Fifteenth Century London

Matheson, Lister M

From: The Yorkist Age: Proceedings of the 28th Harlaxton Symposium, ed. H Kleineke & C Steer

Published: 2011

Considers the range of historical works available in late fifteenth century London, especially in the merchant community, touching on the circumstances of production, authorship, ownership, and political influence of the most popular of them all – the Middle English Brut.

 

Richard III and Historical Tradition

Myers,  A R

From: History, Vol 53, No 178

Published: June 1968

Investigates the attitudes of historians to Richard III from the sixteenth century onwards.

 

Richard III: His Life in Fact and Fiction

North Yorkshire County Library

Pamphlet

Published: Undated, but circa 1976

A selected list of books in the stock of the North Yorkshire County Library. Lists 21 novels (13 with annotation) and 12 non-fiction books (7 with annotation).

 

Richard III

North Yorkshire County Library

Pamphlet

Published: June 1984

A selected list of non-fiction and novels on Richard, with some annotations, compiled to mark Scarborough’s Richard III Quincentenary celebrations.

 

Robert Fabyan’s Civic Identity

Payne, M T W

From: The Yorkist Age: Proceedings of the 28th Harlaxton Symposium, ed. H Kleineke & C Steer

Published: 2011

On the sources and composition of Fabyan’s chronicles.

 

After McFarlane

Richmond, Colin

From: History, Vol 68, No 222

Published: February 1983

Article reviewing ten books published on late fifteenth century history between 1979and 1982, including biographies of Henry VI, the Duke of Clarence and Richard III.

 

Reading History: Tudor Kingship

Starkey, David

From: History Today, Vol 32

Published: 1982

Discusses biographies of the kings of England from Henry IV to Henry VII.

 

Richard the Third of England: A French Historiography

Vale, Lawrence J

Typescript, 29 pages

20th May 1977

Describes the work of French writers on Richard III from the fifteenth to the twentieth century.

 

 

Banner image of King Richard III’s Book of Hours (MS 474f.7v) reproduced by kind permission of Lambeth Palace Library.