“Annales Regni Henrici Septimi” (1504–1505, 1507–1508) by Bernard André: History, Propaganda or Myth-creation?

Abstract

The article analyzes the so-called “Annales Regni Henrici Septimi” (records of the twentieth and twenty-third years of the reign of the founder of the Tudor dynasty), written by the court poet and royal historiographer Bernard André. Created after the completion of “De Vita atque Gestis Henrici Septimi Historia”, it may have been intended by the author as a draft for a future similar historical work and contain many important details, although due to circumstances it never took the form of a completed work.

Keywords

• tudor england
• the representation of power
• henry vii
• court historiography
• bernard andré
• humanism