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The Richard III Experience at Monk Bar (formerly known as the Richard III Museum) was located in Monk Bar, the tallest of the four gatehouses in the historical city walls of York, England. It described the life of Richard III, the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty.
7 Ιουν 2021 · The Richard III Museum, now known as the King Richard III Visitor Centre, contained within York‘s medieval gatehouse known as Monk Bar, is a small museum dedicated to the life of this famous and controversial English monarch.
Not only was Richard III the final York king to sit on the throne but was also the last of England’s Plantagenet kings. As the youngest son, Richard was never considered in the line of succession and yet has become one of the most divisive and talked about kings in history.
York is England’s best preserved medieval city, indeed the fifteenth century street patterns that Richard III would have known still exist in the city’s historic centre. Its walls run for 2.5 miles and originally enclosed both the city and its castle.
This The Richard III Experience is housed in the Monk Bar, the tallest of the four gatehouses of the historical city of York. The museum experience is devoted to the last Plantagenet King of England who ruled for two years from 1483 to 1485: Richard III.
Richard III (souce wikipedia) 1483AD - 1485AD. One of England’s most infamous monarchs, Richard III (1452-1485) had close connections to York and Yorkshire, having spent much of his youth living at Middleham Castle. Richard courted the goodwill of both the council and the Minster clergy.
Æthelred II (Old English: Æþelræd, [n 1] pronounced [ˈæðelræːd]; Old Norse: Aðalráðr; c. 966 – 23 April 1016), known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016. [1]
