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Ricardian may refer to:
- A follower of Ricardian economics, namesake of economist David Ricardo (1772–1823)
- Ricardian (Richard III), a supporter of the thesis that Richard III of England was a "good king"
Ricardians are people interested in altering the posthumous reputation of Richard III, King of England (reigned 1483–1485). Richard III has long been portrayed unfavourably, most notably in William Shakespeare's play Richard III. In an effort to turn this around and paint such characterizations as politically motivated, Ricardian historians' work has produced editions of documents from Richard's reign, research, and articles which have contributed to scholarship of England in the 1480s.
The two most notable societies of Ricardians are the Richard III Society and the Richard III Foundation, Inc. A much smaller organisation, the Plantagenet Alliance, comprising collateral descendants of Richard III, is also considered to be Ricardian.
Usage examples of "ricardian".
Sir Richard had inherited his title, his house, and his Ricardian enthusiasm from his father, who had been a highly successful merchant.
Frank was new to Ricardian controversy, having joined the society after he became engaged to Liz.
Reassured, Thomas turned back to the rector, who was, he recalled, his Ricardian brother, Edward IV.
As the enthusiastic Ricardian debate raged around him, Frank began to see the outlines of his plot.
Hall, a new addition built in the early Sixteenth Century, as its Ricardian style attested.
They not only bring the Ricardian theory of value into strong relief, but triumphantly repel, or rather annihilate, the objections urged against it by Malthus, in the pamphlet now referred to and his Political Economy, and by Say, and others.
Apparently Weldon had anticipated that his guests would be too fascinated by the exotic food to concentrate on anything else, except possibly Ricardian gossip.
They call themselves Ricardians, and are not to be confused with the followers of the economist, David Ricardo.
It would make a marvelous articlethe mad Ricardians carrying their roles to insane extremes.
It was an authentic fourteenth-century inn, and its former name, The Blue Boar, reminded Ricardians of their hero.
The slanders of Sir Thomas exacerbate the feelings of Ricardians, but his prose is not particularly stimulating.
Some Ricardians believed Buckingham was responsible for the death of the young princes, as the first step in his own climb to the throne.
But he could carry out a series of nonfatal jokes and be sure, knowing his fellow Ricardians as he did, that official interference would not be tolerated so long as no one was seriously hurt.