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