Battle of Bosworth Field

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Popular culture

The Battle is a key setting in William Shakespeare's Richard III, and much of the mythology surrounding it seems to derive from inventions of Shakespeare for dramatic license, which were otherwise unrecorded in the century before the play was written. In the play, Richard is unhorsed after his charge, and cries out "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!", and his crown was retrieved by Henry from a hawthorn bush. Richard would not have worn his crown but may have worn a circlet on his helmet, that his men may recognize him.

Related Topics:
William Shakespeare - Richard III - Dramatic license - Crown - Hawthorn - Bush - Circlet

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The battle is also the setting for the first episode of the first series of Blackadder, in which the comic protagonist accidentally kills Richard, saying in realization, "Oh my God, it's Uncle Richard."

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