Provenance of common sources regarding HVI 1450-53 Flashcards
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what was Benet’s Chronicle?
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- includes an account of the last years of lancastrian rule up to 1462 that Benet didn’t write but incorporated into his work
- london-based material
- pro-Yorkist tone
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what were the King’s Bench Ancient Indictments?
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- legal records from King’s bench which was one of 2 central law courts in england
- reflect official business done in the name of the king and official government interests
3
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what was Bale’s Chronicle?
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- written by an unknown London annalist
- provides a contemporary account of the 1450s
- is critical about the Lancastrian regime’s failure to maintain law and order
4
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what was the Chronicon Angliae?
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- written by an unknown monk in the late 1450s
- is independent in its account of Henry VI’s reign from 1437 but ends before St Albans in May 1455
5
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what was the English Chronicle?
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- anonymous author
- written not long after Edward IV’s seizure of the throne in 1461
- reflects Yorkist propaganda regarding Henry VI and his regime
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what was the Annales Rerum Anglicarum?
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- short, disconnected annals lacking some reliability regarding chronology but providing unique info about the 1450s and 1460s (until 1468)
- author claims to have been a witness to some events
7
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what was the Brut Chronicle?
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- strongly pro-Yorkist
- account of last years of Lancastrian rule
- probably compiled between 1464-1470
8
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what were the London Chronicles?
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- series of narrative histories of capital
- more than 30 surviving fragments
9
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what were the Paston Letters?
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- Pastons were a Norfolk gentry family in conflict with William de la Pole until his death in 1450
- this continued between John de la Pole and the Pastons under Margaret and her eldest son, John
- at this time, they worked with John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk
10
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what were the Commons Petitions?
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- formal request made by Commons in parliament
- often arranged by nobles of the crown through their supporters in Commons
11
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what was the Dijon Relation?
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- contemporary account written for Duke of Burgundy of the events of 22nd May 1455
- more objective than most others regarding Lancastrians
12
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what was the Polydore Virgil?
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- Italian cleric and historian who came to England 1502
- wrote his history between 1507-1531
- his writing preserved a Lancastrian tradition regarding the events between 1450-1471
13
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what was the Chancery?
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- central government department
- one of two main administrative offices
- located at Westminster
- produced all charters and writs
14
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what were the Rolls of Parliament?
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- official records of deliberations and decisions of parliament
- present matters in a way that reflects best upon the politically dominant force at the time
- could be either the ‘court party’ or richard of york
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what was the Short English Chronicle?
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- london-centric annal of events
- particularly detailed for years 1422-1465
