The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke

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The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke is a 16th-century English chronicle that narrates the Wars of the Roses and the rise of the Tudor dynasty, heavily influencing later historians and Shakespeare’s history plays.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English chronicle ⓘ
book ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ
aimsToJustify Tudor claim to the English throne ⓘ
alternativeTitle Hall’s Chronicle ⓘ
associatedWith Tudor propaganda ⓘ
author Edward Hall ⓘ
chronicles civil wars between Lancaster and York ⓘ
containsAccountOf Battle of Bosworth Field ⓘ
Battle of Towton ⓘ
accession of Henry VII ⓘ
reign of Henry VIII ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod 15th century English history ⓘ
early Tudor period ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
historicalMethod chronological narrative ⓘ
historicalPerspective Tudor ⓘ
linked to: Tudor England
historicalValue key narrative source for late medieval English history ⓘ
influenced Elizabethan views of the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
Shakespearean history plays ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
later English historians of the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainSubject House of Lancaster ⓘ
House of York ⓘ
Tudor dynasty ⓘ
Wars of the Roses ⓘ
narrativeScope from the reign of Henry IV to the reign of Henry VIII ⓘ
politicalStance pro-Tudor ⓘ
portrays Edward IV ⓘ
Henry VI ⓘ
Henry VII ⓘ
Henry VIII ⓘ
Richard III ⓘ
publicationCentury 16th century ⓘ
settingLocation England ⓘ
timeOfEventsDescribed 1399–1547 ⓘ
usedAsSourceFor Shakespeare’s Henry V ⓘ
linked to: Henry V (play)

Shakespeare’s Henry VI plays ⓘ
Shakespeare’s Richard III ⓘ
usedBy early modern English dramatists ⓘ

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Edward Hall → notableWork → The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke ⓘ
Henry VI, Part 1 → influencedBy → The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York ⓘ
linked to: The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke
Henry VI, Part 2 → basedOn → Edward Hall’s The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York ⓘ
linked to: The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke
Shakespearean histories → source → Edward Hall’s The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York ⓘ
linked to: The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke