Richard III Society, Ill Volume XX No. 2 Summer, 1995 R EGISTER STAFF E DITOR: CaroIe M. hike 4702 Dryades St. l New Orleans, LA 70115 l (504) 897-9673 f FAX (504) 897-0125 l CompuServe: 72406,514 E-Mail: AOL: CaroleR l Internet: [email protected] 6 RICARDIAN WING EDITOR: My-ma smith Rt. 1 Box 232B l Hooks, TX 75561 l (903) 547-6609 l FAX: (501) 772-5818 0 1995 Richard III Society, Inc., American ARTIST: susan perter Branch. All rights reserved. No part may be 1510 Delaware Avenue l New Castle, PA 16105-2674 reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means - mechanical, electrical, or otherwise - including, but not limited to photocopying, recording or information storage retrieval - *I *. CHAIRMAN: Dr. Compton Reeves Dept. of History l Bentley Hail without express written permission from the Ohio University l Athens, OH 45701-2979 Society The Ricardian Register is published e-mail: [email protected] quarterly. VICE CHAIRMAN: Laura BIanchard The Richard III Society is a non-profit, educa- 303 Vine St. l Apt. 106 l Philadelphia, PA 19106 l (215) 574-1570 FAX (215) 574-1571 l [email protected] tional corporation. Dues, grants, and contribu- tions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed SECRETARY: Judith A. pimenral by law. 1248 Regent St. l Alameda, CA 94501 l (510) 421-0487 TREASURER : Peggy me-n Dues are $30.00 annually. Each additional fam- 1421 Wisteria l Metairie, LA 70005 l (504) 837-0974 ily member is $5. Members of the American Society are also members of the English Soci- M EMBERSHIP C HAIRMAN: carok. M. hike ety. All Society publications and items for sale F? 0. Box 13786 l New Orleans, LA 70185-3786 l (504) 827-0161 may be purchased either direct at the U.K. FAX (504) 897-0125 member’s rate, or via the U.S. Society, when IMMEDLATE PAST CHAIRMAN: Roxane C. Murph available. Papers may be borrowed from the 3501 Medina Avenue l Fort Worth, TX 76133 l (817) 923-5056 English Librarian, but books are not sent over- seas. When a U.S. member visits the U.K., all COMMA CHAIRMEN meetings, expeditions, and other activities are open, including the AGM, where U.S. mem- J A RCHIVIST: Jeffrey &Toni Collins bers are welcome to cast a vote. 8 F? 0. Box 344 l Douglassviie, PA 19518-0344 l (610) 385-3119 Advertise in CHAPTER C OORDINATOR: Cheryl ~othwell J The Ricardian Register 6033 Sam Smith Road l Birchtid, TN 37308 l (615) 961-2515 Fax: 615-961-2519 l e-mail: [email protected] l CIS: 71641,llOO Your ad in the Ricardian Register will reach ar LIBRARIAN: Audio/Visual: Sandra L. Giesbrecht J audience of over 750 Society members and 3575 Douglas l Box 48147 l Victoria BC V82 7H5 CANADA (604) 744-1109 colleagues - demonstrated mail buyers and prime prospects for books relating to the late medieval era, as well as for gift items and other J LIBRARIA&: Fiction: Mary Miller 1577 KiIIdeer Drive l NaperviIle, IL 60565-1323 l (708) 778-8843 merchandise relating to this period. They art also prospects for lodgin , tours, and other LIBRARIAN: Research &Non-Fiction: Helen Maurer J services related to travel inkngland and on the , 24001 SaIero Lane l Mission Viejo, CA 92691 l (714) 768-0417 continent. L IBR ARIES C OORDINATOR: ~&da K Knowlton $ 135 Lyle Avenue l NeIsonviIle, OH 45764 Classified Advertising Rate: $7.50 per inch e-mail me: [email protected] Send copy with your remittance to The Ri- M ONOGRAPH C OORDINATOR: Sharon D. Michalove cardian Register, F? 0. Box 13786, New Or. 309 Gregory HalI l 810 Wright Street l Urbana, IL 61801 l (217) 333-4145 leans, LA 70185. Phone (504) 897-9673 or (504 897-0125 (FAX). RESEARCH &PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER: Margaret Gurowitz (j, ~ 27 Horizon Drive l Edison, NJ 08817 l (908) 248-0228 Copy Deadlines: ;a/ \‘ i \ SALES O FFICER: Wendy Logn Spring Issue February 25 371 West Lancaster Avenue l Haverford, PA 19041 l (610) 649-7682 Summer Issue May 25 Fall Issue August 25 SCHALLEK MmORIAL/GRAD. FELLOWSHIP: Laura BIanchard Winter Issue November 25 303 Vine St. l Apt. 106 l Philadelphia, PA 19106 l (215) 574-1570 SCHOOLS COORDINATOR: AnneVineyard Changes of address and dues payments to: , 4014 Broken Bow Lane l Garland, TX 75044 l? 0. Box 13786 T OUR C OORDINATOR : Dale Summers New Orleans, LA 70185-3786 218 Varsity Circle l Arlington, TX 76013 l (817) 274-0052 \\ / Summer, 1995 -2- Ricardian Register R ICHARD III IN G YBERSPAGE W ORLD W IDE W EB S ITE, DISCUSSION G ROUP, M ORE! Laura Bhchard According to the April issue ofInternet World there are now Richard III Folder on America Online over 25,000,OOO people in the United States with access to The Reluctant Ricardian discovered and told me about this the Internet. folder, which was established by some enterprising freelance Perhaps more importantly, today’s college students are Ricardians in April. You must be an AOL subscriber to accustomed to tapping a global network of information access this site, which is a sort of a bulletin board. Choose sources through their on-campus electronic resources. Soon the keyword exchange, then click the icon “hobbies and an entire generation will be accessing information in this interests,” and choose the selection “general special interest way as a matter of routine. If we want to engage the interest groups.” There is a Richard III folder among those groups. of these bright young potential Ricardians, we can’t afford to ignore the new electronic media. H-Albion: The Discussion Group for British Isles History Richard III Society WWW Site H-ALBION is an academic discussion list, part of the Now, the Richard III Society is making some of its resources H-NET group of lists supported by a grant from the available to this world-wide audience through a site on the National Endowment for the Humanities. Although it is World Wide Web. This site contains basic information on intended for an audience of faculty and aduate students, the parent society and more detailed information on the the moderators of the list have allowed K‘cardians to sub- American Branch, including a membership application, scribe. A message sent to this list is automatically distrib- starter bibliographies, information on our programs. and uted to all members of the list. One of the co-moderators academic accomplishments, and links to on-line resources of the list is Sharon D. Michalove. like1 to be of interest to members. You must have Internet access to subscribe to H-AL- 7%e site has been installed on an experimental basis for BION. To subscribe, send an e-mail to the following ad- the summer. You can view it at: dress: http://www.webcom.com/4Zanci3rd/gateway.btmZ [email protected] Because I’ve spent the last three months creating an experi- Leave the subject line blank if your Internet provider will mental World Wide Web site for the University of Penn- permit it. The message itself should read: sylvania Library, I am serving as temporary site administrator for this project. This is far too big a project to belong to just one SUBSCRIBE H-ALBION YOURFIRSTNAME person, though. I would encourage any members of the YOURLASTNAME Ricardian community with an interest in contributin to the further development of the site to contact me (303 $ine The advances in electronic communication are breaking St., #106, Philadelphia, PA 19106,215-574-1570, /b/an- down some of the traditional distinctions between faculty, cbard@ao/.com).This is only the beginning: together we can student, independent scholar, and general reader. This rwo- provide a significant resource for our fellow Ricardians as lution allows us as Ricardians to participate more fully in well as for the scholarly community, You don’t have to be the academic community than was possible even a few years wired into cyberspace to participate, either. Iifyou can help ago. It also offers new ways for us to enjoy Ricardian assemble content, we have other volunteers to prepare it for fellowship across the miles. I ho e that many of you will the Web site. join in seeing to it that Richard PII gets the reputation he deserves in the digital world. Ricardian Register Summer, 1995 I, 1 I RIGAFZDIANS AT -00 This year there were at least a dozen members of the Richard III Society in attendance at the Thirtieth Interna- tional Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, May 4-7,199s. American Branch chairman A. Compton Reeves organ- ized a Richard III Society sponsored session on fifteenth- century history, at which three fascinating papers were given. Member Steven H. Silver, Indiana University, showed slides of a baptismal font he encountered in Har- laxton which includes the perplexing iconographic combi- nation of a crowned boar and the Beaufort portcullis. He passed alon some observations on the font made to him by Pamela lgudor-Craig, the art historian who consulted on the 1973 National Portrait Galler exhibition on Richard Colin Richmond enjoying a Ricardian cup of cofleefiom III, and offered a hypothesis on wgy this font should have his new Richard III Society mug shown this combination of symbols. Ohio University stu- dent Michael D. Zempter set the work of Lancastrian of clerical taxation; Ralph Griith, University College propagandist John Lydgate into its artistic and literary Swansea, suggested that the English royal habit of taking context. Member Margaret Drake analyzed the life and English wives resulted in inbreedin and loss of vigor that accomplishments of Margaret, daughter of George Duke virtually extinguished a dynasty; an % Carol Rawcli e, Uni- of Clarence in her paper, A Plantagenet Princess in Tudor versity of East Anglia, looked at the madness of I$enry VI England.” from both a modern medical perspective and that of his In other sessions at Kalamazoo, Compton Reeves read a contemporaries.