Croyland Chronicle

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The Croyland Chronicle is a medieval English monastic history that provides a valuable contemporary narrative of late 15th-century political events, including the turbulent period surrounding the Princes in the Tower.

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Crowland Chronicle 1
Croyland Chronicle canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical source
medieval chronicle
monastic chronicle
alternativeName Croyland Chronicle
surface form: Crowland Chronicle
associatedWith Crowland Abbey
authorship anonymous monk of Crowland Abbey
multiple monastic authors
countryOfOrigin England
coversPeriod Anglo-Saxon England
Norman England
late 15th century England
dateOfComposition late 15th century
describesEvent Buckingham's Rebellion
accession of Henry VII
accession of Richard III
death of Edward IV
usurpation of Richard III
genre annals
historiography
hasPart first continuation
second continuation
third continuation
historicalPeriodDocumented from legendary foundation of Crowland Abbey to 1486
historicalReliability partly eyewitness for late 15th century events
historicalValue important contemporary source for late Yorkist period
key narrative source for the Princes in the Tower
language Latin
mainSubject English history
monastic history
manuscriptLocation British Library
surface form: British Library (principal manuscripts)
mentionsPerson Edward IV of England
Edward V of England
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Henry VII of England
Richard III of England
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
notableFor account of Wars of the Roses
account of the early reign of Henry VII
account of the reign of Edward IV
account of the reign of Richard III
narrative of the Princes in the Tower
placeWritten Crowland Abbey
surface form: Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire
providesPerspectiveOn English royal politics
relations between crown and church
religiousContext Benedictine monasticism
usedAsSourceBy Tudor historians
modern historians of the Wars of the Roses

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Princes in the Tower murders primarySource Croyland Chronicle
Croyland Chronicle alternativeName Croyland Chronicle
this entity surface form: Crowland Chronicle