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Topic: Digging up Royal bodies in 1831
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Rod Walker
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posted 11-25-2006 09:24 PM
    
Hi all, I have heard of this before but am reading Alison Weirs "Lancaster and York. War of the Roses" where she mentions quite a bit that in 1831 the Victorians opened the tombs of various royals and nobles for a bit of a look.Fascinating stuff and I am wondering if anyone (Hi Brent  ) knows where I might find more info on this. -------------------- Cheers Rod
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Gwen
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posted 11-25-2006 10:59 PM
Victoria assumed the throne in 1837, so there were no "Victorians" in 1831.There should be footnotes, a bibliography or an index in the back of the book which should direct you to or suggest further sources on the exhumation of the bodies. Gwen [ 11-25-2006: Message edited by: Ginevra ]
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chef de chambre
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posted 02-14-2007 10:19 AM
I'm sorry I didn't see this sooner.Alison Wier is to be taken with extreme caution as a source. She writes titilating popular 'histories' long on speculation and short on documentation, with almost no examination of sources as to reliability. I don't recollect seeing any of her works properly footnoted. Rod, I'd get a better book were I you. I think the place to look for yoyur information would be to look for publications of early 19th century Antiquarian societies - look to your University libraries, or the British Library for a photocopy of any original articles - the original publications are likely way too expensive at an antiquarian bookstore for any value they contain. -------------------- Bob R.
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