What Actually Happened At The Battle Of Bosworth? | Wars Of The Roses

Wow the boar badge brings history alive. It reminds us that these were real people living through real events. An evocative find

Matt Lewis has quickly become one of my favourite historians. Not just because he's a Ricardian like me but he's not totally one sided. He does a ton of research for his work and he brings out Richard's warts as well as his good qualities. I have several of his books and they are fantastic. I highly recommend him to anyone who hasn't checked him out yet.

Finding that tiny little boar badge was HUGE. Pretty sure Richard fell within 30 meters of the location where the boar was found, as it's unlikely that an important retainer would be way off from his king. Fascinating.

I freaking love history hit! Always provides me with that “hit” of history when I need it! Great work mates!

I’m glad to have found another excellent source of history videos! As an American, what I previously knew of the battle of Bosworth, I learned from the Black Adder.

I'm so happy that they found the actual battlefield, so many variables.

Great video! It would be very cool if someone would make a reconstruction of the landscape at 1485 and put it as an overlay over todays google earth map for comparison.

Great video, really interesting, thank you 😊

History hit! Love it! Thanks! :D

I’m currently writing my MA dissertation on the Wars of the Roses so I’m finding this absolutely fascinating.

A wonderful piece with excellent archeological evidence for surmises and historical layout. The silver boar was beautiful! The wintry landscape and naked oaks silhouetted were apt!

I love History. This is marvelous! Living every bit of it.

Best history/archeology channel. Full stop. The quality of these docos.. sensational. Thank you.

What an excellent documentary! Intelligent, informative and not making rash claims but convincingly presenting hard evidence.With the discovery of Richard's remains in the Leicester car park and further research on the newly found battlefield based on the scatter of canon balls we have a whole new perspective on the battle and it's aftermath. English Heritage accepts the newly found site as being THE Bosworth Field, The 2011 Time Team Special details the cannon ball research.

Fantastic video - I was born on the edge of this site at Shenton and I go here regularly!

Richard is a great guy, he has done a lot for bosworth. Have met him a few times at the reenactment. And soon it will be time to Don my armour once again. Roll on August

Fabulous to see and feel Richard the archeologists enthusiasm for the evidence 👍👌

Fascinating video. The boar badge really brought the battle home to me and the fact that whoever had worn it must’ve been in very close proximity to Richard III at the very end of his life at Bosworth Field took some time for my mind to fully process. As for the Stanleys, they were in an unenviable position. Lord Stanley’s son had been taken by Richard as surety that Stanley wouldn’t go over to Richmond’s (Henry VII) side, and yet Stanley was Henry’s stepfather. Fortunately for Henry, his stepfather chose to fight for his side in the end. I wonder how Stanley’s son felt when he heard the news.

So amazing.. amazing to walk around with a metal detector and just feel and respect the vibe and what happened there long ago And anyones ancestors who fought there.. respect!

This is so interesting. I remember doing The Wars of The Roses for my A-level history and loving it. Medieval history and Tudor history is taught in such a dry and sterile way for kids in years 7, 8, and 9. Learning about the plethora of interesting characters and how medieval English politics worked made the learning process so much better.