Richard III’s Parliament
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Richard III’s Parliament
January 26 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST
Speaker: Matt Lewis, Author, Podcast host, and former Chair of the Richard III Society
To Register: membership@r3.org
Have you ever heard that Richard III invented the concept of universal bail? That he was a protector of the emerging field of moveable-type printing? That his laws regarding property conveyancing are still considered legal landmarks? Or have you heard that he tyrannically bullied lawmakers and cynically adopted a progressive program just to make himself more popular? How much of this is fact or fiction? Join us for an engaging discussion with Matt Lewis, former chair of the UK Richard III Society, who will talk about what happened at the king’s first and only parliament.
Matt Lewis is an author, historian and podcaster. He has written biographies of Richard III, Richard Duke of York, Henry III, and Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, along with other non-fiction books including The Survival of the Princes in the Tower. Matt is co-host of History Hit’s Gone Medieval podcast, host of the Echoes of History podcast, and appears in documentaries focussing on the medieval period. His main area of interest is the Wars of the Roses, and particularly King Richard III.
