'Stop the count' or 'count the votes'? "Richard probably got within a few yards of Henry before his horse probably became stuck in marshy ground or was killed from underneath him. Video, Frank Gardner meets paralysed student. Medieval battlefields were not like that. Researchers noted several "shaving"-type wounds to his skull, where chips of bone sliced off by a weapon of some sort with a serrated edge, as well as a stab wound that penetrated his skull and entered his brain. Certainly he took a lot of killing. "It would have been difficult to get through the armour, so attackers would have gone for gaps, or tried to break pieces off. Striking news pictures from around the world. "From becoming unhorsed, it probably only took a matter of a few minutes, before he was dead - not a long time at all. The forensic study of Richard's remains has revealed that the doomed king—the last English monarch to die in combat—suffered 11 wounds at the time of his death at Bosworth Fields in 1485. George Plantagenet was brother to Kings Edward IV and Richard III, and played an important role in the War of the Roses before his death in 1478. Quiz of the week: What did Trump's campaign call Lady Gaga? (See a 3-D reconstruction of Richard III's face.). The study, which used whole-body CT scans and micro-CT imaging, paints a grim picture of the king's last moments, when he dismounted in a marsh and was surrounded by at least three and possibly four assailants armed with halberds, swords, and heavy-bladed daggers. "The wounds to the skull suggest that he was not wearing a helmet—whether he lost it in the battle or took it off at the end, we don't know. Of 10 injuries visible on the skeleton there are eight on the skull alone. "As it lay across the horse's back, it would have been in exactly the right position for someone who wanted to insult the fallen king to give him this one final thrust," says Hainsworth. "The appearance of this injury is typical of an attack with a large-bladed weapon which was sufficiently sharp to slice off a large area of bone from near the base of the skull. After more than four months of study, the research team has drawn its first conclusions. First published on Tue 16 Sep 2014 18.35 EDT. "More detail comes from a Burgundian historian Jean Molinet, who describes Richard's horse becoming stuck in a marsh and then 'unhorsed and overpowered, the king was hacked to death by Welsh soldiers'.". Experts now know he had a bent spine with a "well balanced curve" that could easily have been concealed by clothing and would not have affected his prowess in battle. University of Leicester osteo-archaeologist, Dr Jo Appleby said the most obvious damage was at the back of the skull. He explained: "He says spies told Richard that Henry was riding with a small number of men, so when he sees this, Richard leads a charge straight at him. Searching for a safe place for my family. All rights reserved, Photograph by University of Leicester via Corbis. "Most of the 'common' foot soldiers would have used staff weapons, such as bills or halberds, which have heavy cutting blades, often with a spike, mounted on a long wooden haft. There was another potentially fatal injury to the pelvis that may have been inflicted after death. "This wound is likely to have been fatal, although that would have depended on exactly how far the blade penetrated into the brain.". The serious injury to the pelvis should have been prevented by Richard's armour, according to the researchers. Tue 16 Sep 2014 18.35 EDT All rights reserved. US awaits result as Biden makes Pennsylvania gains, Twitter bans Bannon for 'glorifying violence', The man who feeds hundreds of parrots every day.

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