Richard III: Discovery and identification
Find out more - additional resources about Richard III
If you would like to learn more about the project, why not investigate the search for Richard III in greater depth?
Peer-reviewed articles
To date, six peer-reviewed articles have been published by the team, covering everything from the archaeology to Richard III’s trauma, scoliosis, genetics and genealogy, diet and intestinal parasites. These are all freely accessible online.
- BUCKLEY, R. et al. (2013) in Antiquity 87:336, pp519-538
- MITCHELL, P.D. et al. (2013) in The Lancet 382, p888
- APPLEBY, J. et al. (2014) in The Lancet 383, p1944
- LAMB, A.L. et al. (2014) in Journal of Archaeological Science 30, pp1-7
- APPLEBY, J. et al. (2014) in The Lancet, online edition 17 Sept 2014
- KING, T. et al. (2014) in Nature Communications 5:5631 doi: 10.1038/ncomms6631
Books
The University has also published two popular books on the project:
- MORRIS, M. & BUCKLEY, R. (2013) . Leicester: ULAS.
- THE GREYFRIARS RESEARCH TEAM WITH KENNEDY, M. & FOXHALL, L. (2015) . Chichester: Wiley Blackwell
Or why not try:
- BALDWIN, D. (2013) Richard III. Stroud: Amberley Publishing
- HOBSON, P. (2016) How to bury a king: The reinterment of King Richard III. Fulwood: Zaccmedia
- LANGLEY, P. & JONES, M. (2013) The King’s Grave: The Search for Richard III. London: John Murray
- PITTS, M. (2014) Digging for Richard III. London: Thames & Hudson
For children:
- ADAM, R. & POVEY, A. (2014) The Children’s Book of Richard III. Leicester: The Reading Shop
- HILL, S. (2014) Richard III (I was there). London: Scholastic Children’s Books
Videos
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