Rosemary Elizabeth Horrox,Horrox, R.E., ''The Extent and Use of Crown Patronage under Richard III'' (unpublished PhD, Cambridge University, 1977), ii (born 21 May 1951) is an

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, specialising in the

political culture Political culture describes how culture impacts politics. Every political system is embedded in a particular political culture. Definition Gabriel Almond defines it as "the particular pattern of orientations toward political actions in which ...

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, arts patronage refers to the support that kings, popes, and the wealthy have provided to artists su ...

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 South Park High School, Lincoln, opened in 1922 and closed in 1989, was a secondary school in Lincoln, England. History Grammar school The school had originally opened in May 1922 as an all-girls grammar school (South Park High School for Girls ...

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 145222 August 1485) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat and death at the Batt ...

. She studied for this at

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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Horrox, Rosemary Living people Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge British women historians Fellows of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Members of the University of Cambridge faculty of history People educated at South Park High School, Lincoln 20th-century English historians 21st-century English historians 1951 births 21st-century English women writers 20th-century English women writers Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Academics of the Institute of Continuing Education