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Daniel Staberg
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 Posted: Fri 19 Feb, 2010 9:39 am Post subject: Bosworth Battlefield conference to be webcast! |
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| Quote: | Saturday 20th February 2010 at County Hall, Leicester.
A conference to announce the true location of England's most famous lost
battlefield.
A panel of leading experts in battlefield archaeology and military history,
introduced by Professor Richard Holmes, will discuss the results of the
major new archaeological study which proves where the battle was fought.
This will be the first public viewing of important finds not previously
announced as well as the largest collection of roundshot fired from
artillery on any medieval battlefield in Europe.
Introduction
Professor Richard Holmes, President of The Battlefields Trust and leading
military historian
Finding Bosworth Field
Dr Glenn Foard, The Battlefields Trust & University of Leeds
Director of the Bosworth Battlefield Survey
The armies and the battle: the documentary evidence
Professor Anne Curry, University of Southampton
Author of Agincourt and expert in the history of English warfare in the 15th
century
Archery on 15th century battlefields
Professor Mathew Strickland, University of Glasgow
Author (with Robert Hardy) of The Great Warbow and expert in the history of
medieval warfare in Britain,
Gunpowder Weapons on the 15th century battlefields
Professor Steve Walton, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Specialist in early artillery
Experimental firing of 15th century artillery
Dr Derek Allsop, Cranfield University
Expert in modern ballistics
Chairman
Professor Richard Morris, Leeds University
Discussant
Robert Hardy CBE, author of The Longbow
Conference organised in collaboration between Leicestershire County Council
and The Battlefields Trust.
Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund with additional support from the
University of Southampton and University of Leeds |
A most impressive line up of speakers and some fascinating topics and I just recived news that the conference will be webcast with a live feed from 10:00 AM GMT. For those of us unable to visit the conference due to cost and/or distance the addition of the live feed is a real treat if they can get the Tech to work. (Fingers crossed)
The link can be found at http://www.bosworthbattlefield.com/index.htm
More information on the newly found battlefield (several miles from the the 'traditional' Ambion hill site) and the fascinating finds can be found at http://www.bosworthbattlefield.com/battle/arc..._found.htm
The finds include a superb boar badge in gilded silver most likely worn by one of Richard III's closest retainers or householdmen as well as the largest collection of cannon balls ever found on a medieval battlefield.
"There is nothing more hazardous than to venture a battle. One can lose it
by a thousand unforseen circumstances, even when one has thorougly taken all
precautions that the most perfect military skill allows for."
-Fieldmarshal Lennart Torstensson.
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Frances Perry
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I hope that the webcast worked as it was an excellent day - for those that could not make it, I have added a write up of the conference here: http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=19044
“In these modern times, many men are wounded for not having weapons or knowledge of their use.”
- Achille Marozzo, 1536
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