Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia"

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Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia" is a 16th-century humanist history of England that offers one of the earliest influential narrative accounts of late medieval English events, including the fate of the Princes in the Tower.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chronicle ⓘ
history book ⓘ
alternativeName English History ⓘ
Historia Anglica ⓘ
linked to: Historia Anglorum
author Polydore Vergil ⓘ
linked to: Lorenzo Valla
circulation widely read among Tudor scholars ⓘ
commissionedBy Henry VII of England ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
criticizedBy conservative English chroniclers ⓘ
criticizedFor questioning traditional legends about early Britain ⓘ
criticizes medieval English chroniclers ⓘ
dateWritten early 16th century ⓘ
dedicatedTo Henry VIII of England ⓘ
describes Battle of Bosworth Field ⓘ
accession of Henry VII ⓘ
fate of the Princes in the Tower ⓘ
earliestBooksCover legendary and Roman Britain ⓘ
firstEditionPublicationDate 1534 ⓘ
genre historiography ⓘ
hasPart Book 23 ⓘ
Book 24 ⓘ
Book 25 ⓘ
Book 26 ⓘ
Book 27 ⓘ
historicalApproach critical use of sources ⓘ
humanist skepticism toward medieval legends ⓘ
influenced Edward Hall’s Chronicle ⓘ
Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicles ⓘ
William Shakespeare’s English history plays ⓘ
later Tudor historiography ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
laterBooksCover medieval and early Tudor England ⓘ
mainSubject history of England ⓘ
mentions Henry VII of England ⓘ
Princes in the Tower ⓘ
Richard III of England ⓘ
Wars of the Roses ⓘ
movement Renaissance humanism ⓘ
notableFor early account of the Princes in the Tower ⓘ
early humanist history of England ⓘ
influential narrative of late medieval English history ⓘ
placeOfPublication Basel ⓘ
linked to: Basel-Stadt
portrays Richard III as a usurper ⓘ
publisher Johann Bebel ⓘ
reception criticized by some English contemporaries ⓘ
revisedEditionPublicationDate 1546 ⓘ
1555 ⓘ
structure 27 books ⓘ
timePeriodCovered ancient Britain to early 16th century ⓘ

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Princes in the Tower murders → primarySource → Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia" ⓘ
Thomas More's History of King Richard III → relatedWork → Polydore Vergil's Anglica Historia ⓘ
linked to: Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia"