Pupils were lucky enough to attend an online conference hosted by the Richard III Society

Year 12 A level History Wars of the Roses pupils were lucky enough to attend an excellent online conference hosted by the Richard III Society on Tuesday 27th February. They listened to lectures on kingship in late medieval England by Professor John Watts, the relationship between Richard Duke of York and Henry VI in the 1450s by Dr James Ross, the kingship of Edward IV by Dr Rachel Moss, Fifteenth Century Parliaments by Dr Hannes Kleineke, Queen Margaret of Anjou by Lauren Johnson, and Professor Steven Gunn on Henry VII and the Pretenders. The day concluded with a fascinating debate between Matt Lewis and Nathen Amin on whether Richard III usurped the English Crown in 1483 and an excellent presentation by Dr Daniel Hucker of Nottingham University on the value of reading History as an undergraduate degree.