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SUMMARY:Richard III:  Wounds\, Weapons and Armour -CANCELLED DUE TO SPEAKE
 R'S ILLNESS - Prof. Sarah Hainsworth\, Department of Engineering\, Univers
 ity of Leicester
DTSTART:20131022T183000Z
DTEND:20131022T200000Z
UID:TALK47316@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Dr Geoff Hale
DESCRIPTION:Richard III was the last of the Plantagenets.  He was killed a
 t the Battle of Bosworth on the 22nd August 1485.  He was the only English
  Monarch since 839 whose final resting place was unknown until in August 2
 012\, the site of Greyfriars in Leicester was excavated and a grave in a h
 igh status position beneath the choir was found.  The skeleton found in th
 e grave was that of an adult male with severe scoliosis and significant tr
 auma from battlefield injuries.  Radiocarbon dating placed the age of the 
 skeleton to be within the relevant timeframe for it to be that of Richard 
 III.  Mitochondrial DNA analysis showed that the skeleton's DNA matched th
 at of well-verified matrilineal descendants and thus the skeleton was conf
 irmed to be that of Richard III.    This talk will discuss the trauma sust
 ained to the skeleton of Richard III and the techniques used to analyse th
 e wounds and relate them to mediaeval weapons of the period and the armour
  that Richard was likely to have worn.  
LOCATION:Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy\, 27 Charles Babba
 ge Road\, Cambridge. CB3 0FS
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