Abstract:
The article is devoted to the historical figure of King Richard III of England. This king went down in history as a murderous psychopath with a terrible appearance owing to the play by Shakespeare Richard III. An attempt was made to give an alternative perspective on Richard’s personality by examining a variety of historical sources, taking into account recent archaeological findings and psychologists’ diagnoses. The authors conclude that there is a significant difference between the
historical figure of Richard III and the character described by W. Shakespeare
