'The king in the car park': New light on the death and burial of Richard III in the Grey Friars church, Leicester, in 1485

Antiquity

Volumn 87, Issue 336, 2013, Pages 519-538

  Buckley, Richard ^a   Morris, Mathew ^a   Appleby, Jo ^a   King, Turi ^a   O'Sullivan, Deirdre ^a   Foxhall, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Battle of Bosworth; Grey Friars; Leicester; Richard III

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878253909     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00049103     Document Type: Article

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