{"id":6889,"date":"2012-08-26T18:47:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T18:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/?p=6889"},"modified":"2012-08-26T18:47:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-26T18:47:47","slug":"sunday-short-takes-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/26\/sunday-short-takes-83\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Short Takes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last few days have been abuzz with the start of an archaeological dig at a carpark in Leicester in search of the remains of Richard III. In the back of my mind I recalled a previous news article related to the topic and it turns out it was a news article that I linked to back in 2007<\/a> (the original news link is no longer active, but this 2012 dig appears to be the one archaeologists were hoping to do back then). There was also a story in 2008 about Richard III’s possible coffin<\/a>, although I don’t know if further research has been done on that. I’m hoping to be in the area next year so I really hope they find something!<\/p>\n

This whole thing reminds me of research I did in to trying to find the modern location of Jasper Tudor’s burial. He was laid to rest at Keynsham Abbey, but the abbey was dissolved in 1539 and now the A4 runs over part of the site. Depending on where within the building Jasper was buried, there is a chance he’s under the Keynsham By-Pass!<\/p>\n

Here are just a few of the articles about the dig from the past few days:<\/p>\n

* Richard III’s remains: Leicester car park dug up<\/a> (BBC)<\/p>\n

* Is this the lost grave of King Richard III? Archaeologists dig under council car park for monarch killed in Battle of Bosworth<\/a> (Daily Mail)<\/p>\n

* Is Richard III ‘buried under council car park’?<\/a> (The Telegraph – this one has an informative interview with one of the archaeologists)<\/p>\n

Another story that got a lot of coverage last week was the announcement that the BBC will be developing Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” into a six part mini-series. Like the story above, this rang some bells for me, and sure enough, I posted about it last year<\/a> (although it doesn’t appear that HBO is involved now).<\/p>\n

* Wolf Hall adaptation planned for BBC Two<\/a> (BBC)<\/p>\n

* BBC turns best-selling Henry VIII novel and Booker Prize winner ‘Wolf Hall’ into a mini-series<\/a> (Mail Online)<\/p>\n

And here are a few other interesting things that caught my eye over the past week:<\/p>\n

* Rare Elizabethan sundial presented to Oxford University<\/a><\/p>\n

* Henry VIII<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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