Get ready for a bunch of links this week!
The King Richard III Visitor Centre in Leicester opened this weekend, so here are a few articles related to that:
* Richard III: A look inside Leicester’s new visitor centre – This link from the Leicester Mercury has a short video tour
* Richard III visitor centre in Leicester opens its doors to the public
And in more archaeology news:
* Archaeological dig uncovers Rufford medieval church thought to have been destroyed by Henry VIII
* Help find Tudor mansion in Markeaton Park
Some more interesting stories that came along:
* Henry VIII’s armour returns to Leeds Castle after 500 years
* How Does It Feel? – Understanding the emotional lives of people in the past is one of the most difficult challenges facing the historian, argues Suzannah Lipscomb. – I thought this was interesting in light of the “feelings” questions I’ve gotten on the Q&A blog over the years.
* A Tudor-Stewart marriage: oak chest wedding gift for James IV and Margaret Tudor discovered
And some BBC History Extra Tudor podcast goodness:
* Richard III and dirty Tudors – The past week’s podcast
* Top 10 Tudor podcasts – and a round-up of past Tudor-related podcasts you might have missed
Just for fun:
* Could you become a citizen of Elizabethan England? – Another entertaining quiz from BBC History Extra (I always do their weekly quiz – to date I think I have gotten a perfect score on only one occasion)
And finally:
I only recently found the Society of Antiquaries You Tube channel and I’ve embedded one of their recent videos of a short informal gallery talk about Tudor portrait sets. There are more at the channel including a few about their portrait of Richard III.
