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

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English chronicle book historical chronicle

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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Label	Occurrences
Edward Hall’s The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York	1
The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York	1
The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke canonical	1

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

this entity surface form: The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York

Henry VI, Part 2 → basedOn → The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edward Hall’s The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York