Rosemary Elizabeth Horrox,Horrox, R.E., ''The Extent and Use of Crown Patronage under Richard III'' (unpublished PhD, Cambridge University, 1977), ii (born 21 May 1951) is an

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historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

, specialising in the

political culture Political culture describes how culture impacts politics. Every political system is embedded in a particular political culture. Political culture is what the people, the voters, the electorates believe and do based on their understanding of the ...

of late medieval England,

patronage Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another. In the history of art, art patronage refers to the support that princes, popes, and other wealthy and influential people ...

and

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. She is a

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and retired Director of Studies in History at

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at the

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. She is an affiliated lecturer in history at Cambridge's

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. She studied at South Park High School, Lincoln and received her

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(BA),

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(MA) and

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(PhD) from the

, the latter being a study of royal patronage under

King Richard III of England Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Boswo ...

. She studied for this at

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under the supervision of

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, whose suggestion it had been, and it was awarded in March 1977. More recently, her interests have expanded into the relationship between local- and

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, the

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, medieval female authority, and queenship. As well as lecturing full-time at Cambridge, she also lectures privately and for

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s, and campaigned against the dissolution of the AS Level in 2013. During the 2012–15 controversy surrounding the burial place of the recently discovered bones of Richard III, she supported the claim of

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to be the most fitting final resting place for the last Plantaganet king, saying that the dead king's "self-identification with the North is reflected in his plans for a chantry of 100 priests in York Minster, where he surely hoped to be buried." She is a Fellow of the

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and General Editor of the Cambridgeshire Records Society. and is a general editor for The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England project, which transcribed, translated, and published digitally and in print, the

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Select bibliography

*''Cambridge Social History of England, 1200–1500'' editor with Mark Ormrod (Cambridge, 2006). *''Much Heaving and Shoving: Late-Medieval Gentry and their Concerns: Essays for Colin Richmond'' editor, with Margaret Aston (Chipping, 2005). *‘Service’ in ''Fifteenth Century Attitudes: Perceptions of Society in Late Medieval England'', and editor, (Cambridge, 1994). *‘Personality and Politics’ in ''The Wars of the Roses: Problems In Focus'', ed.

A. J. Pollard Anthony James Pollard (born 1941) is a British medieval historian, specialising in north-eastern England during the Wars of the Roses. He is considered a leading authority on the field. He is emeritus professor of Teesside University, having joi ...

(Basingstoke, 1995). *''Richard III: A Study of Service'' (Cambridge, 1989). *''The Black Death'' editor (Manchester University Press, 1994)

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