Richard III's Remains Found In Council Car Park

Who Exactly Was Richard III?

Updated: 10:41am UK, Monday 04 February 2013

Richard III is probably best known as one of the most infamous villains of William Shakespeare's History Plays.

His fallible and hunchbacked character, who first used the famous phrase "now is the winter of our discontent", is said to be a study in how power can corrupt.

In his battles with the House of Lancaster, at the end of the War of the Roses, Richard is blamed for leading the country into turmoil.

In Shakespeare's play, good finally prevails over evil when Henry VII defeats the flawed King at the Battle of Bosworth and starts the Tudor dynasty.

But was Richard as bad as Shakespeare made him out to be?

One of the main pieces of evidence cited by those who wrote about him after the Tudors came to power was that he was responsible for the deaths of two young princes.

Richard had been put in charge of the 12-year-old Edward V and his nine-year-old brother Richard of Shrewsbury. When there emerged some doubt over whether Edward had a claim on the crown, the boys were imprisoned in the Tower of London and Richard III was crowned King. The boys were never seen again. Tudor and later historians accused Richard III of 'stealing' the crown.

In recent times, some historians have attempted to overturn traditional views of Richard, pointing out that commentators of his age regarded him as a good leader.

The archeologists from Leicester are hoping that the discovery of his body will further re-write those earlier 'biased' accounts.

Dr Sarah Knight and Dr Mary Ann Lund, of Leicester University said: "As researchers and tutors, the discovery has enormous implications for the way we interpret Tudor accounts of Richard III, and prompts us to see the 'foul bunchbacked toad' of Shakespeare's creation in a whole new light.

"After Richard's death at Bosworth and the accession of Henry VII, the hostile accounts of Tudor historians tried to tarnish his memory.

"[Now], we will see clearly for the first time how the historical truth became distorted in transmission and translation."

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