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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Polydore Vergil's Anglica Historia | 1 |
| Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia" canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia" Context triple: [Princes in the Tower murders, primarySource, Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia"]
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Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation)
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation) refers to the medieval writer’s influential shaping and popularization of the King Arthur legend in his 12th-century historical and narrative works.
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.
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Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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The Eton Chronicle
The Eton Chronicle is a long-running school magazine produced by students of Eton College, featuring news, commentary, and creative writing from the school community.
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The Englishman and His History
The Englishman and His History is a historical study by Herbert Butterfield examining how English national identity and political thought have been shaped by interpretations of the past.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia" Target entity description: 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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A.
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation)
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation) refers to the medieval writer’s influential shaping and popularization of the King Arthur legend in his 12th-century historical and narrative works.
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B.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.
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C.
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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D.
The Eton Chronicle
The Eton Chronicle is a long-running school magazine produced by students of Eton College, featuring news, commentary, and creative writing from the school community.
-
E.
The Englishman and His History
The Englishman and His History is a historical study by Herbert Butterfield examining how English national identity and political thought have been shaped by interpretations of the past.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chronicle
ⓘ
history book ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
English History
ⓘ
Historia Anglorum ⓘ
surface form:
Historia Anglica
|
| author |
Lorenzo Valla
ⓘ
surface form:
Polydore Vergil
|
| 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 |
chronicles of Edward Hall
ⓘ
surface form:
Edward Hall’s Chronicle
Holinshed's Chronicles ⓘ
surface form:
Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicles
Shakespearean histories ⓘ
surface form:
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 murders ⓘ
surface form:
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-Stadt
ⓘ
surface form:
Basel
|
| 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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