Education and Learning

American Branch Resource

The American Branch of the Richard III Society has sponsored the Richard III and Yorkist History Server which is a site 'devoted to the study of Richard III in history and literature' and has been established for over a decade.

The site is a tremendous learning resource combined with a wealth of features that include:

  • An online library with full texts or extracts from primary sources, documents and papers. For example, the complete text of Crowland Chronicle Continuations covering the period 1463-1486, taken from the 19th-century published version. Another important document available online is the Titulus Regius, the 1484 Act of Parliament settling the crown on Richard. Access to these sources is usually limited to the larger reference and academic libraries so this is a unique service offered by the American Branch
  • The Society's Back to Basics series which first appeared in the Ricardian Bulletin and is aimed specifically at the newer member
  • An online hypertext edition of Shakespeare’s play together with supplementary notes for those who like to compare the drama to history
  • A study and teaching section that includes a ‘Quick start for students’, bibliographies organised by subject, learning resources and much more
  • A comprehensive drama section covering Richard III on stage and screen. The sections for the two most recent films are constructed from the official press kits
  • A comprehensive section on Ricardian fiction, novels about both Richard III and the Wars of the Roses
  • A section on fifteenth-century life that includes articles, an annotated bibliography and a medieval miscellany
  • A section on Bosworth including a virtual tour, maps, articles and sources, and latest news
  • A section on Barley Hall, including a virtual tour, part of which is still under construction
  • The online presentation of Geoffrey Wheeler’s exhibition To Prove a Villain first mounted by the Society in 1991
  • Details of the American Branch's Awards Program, which provides financial aid to postgraduate students and includes details of their publishing programme
  • Opportunities to pledge funds to support the honoraria for AGM speakers (the McGee Fund) and to provide travel funds for students or independent scholars to present papers at scholarly colloquia.
  • There are a multitude of links and a special section dedicated to sites relating to Richard III and topics of interest to Ricardians

Plus sections relating to the Branch and its activities including membership, tours, volunteer opportunities, what’s new and much more. 

Access the site here www.r3.org

With thanks to Tula Miller for exploring the American Branch site and who commented ‘in general the strengths of this site lie it its breadth – teaching and research aids through to fiction and full text links which are especially valuable and useful for articles and transcriptions. There are numerous opportunities for feed-back and communication in general online, hopefully resulting in proactive and reactive members. Communication is an obvious essential for any organisation.’

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