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  • 8 - Royal Voices, Narrative and Ideology in Sixteenth-Century Chronicles

  • from Part II - Appropriated Royal Voices
  • Mel Evans, University of Leicester
  • Book:
    Royal Voices
    Published online:
    28 February 2020
    Print publication:
    19 March 2020, pp 215-234

  • Summary

    The final analytic chapter looks at royal reported discourse in historical chronicles: printed texts intended for a large, public audience. Focussing on three chronicles' accounts of the reign of Henry VII, the study finds that rhetorical principles inform the depiction of royal voices in the texts. In general, there is no clear distinction made between royal and non-royal reports, with discourse representation more obviously driven by narrative concerns e.g. narrative peaking. However, two lengthy orations of Richard III and Henry VII, found in Grafton's chronicle, are considered in detail. The formulaic characteristics of Tudor royal texts are most evident in Richard III's oratory, whereas Henry VII has a less institutionalised rhetoric. The findings point to the accepted creativity of discourse representation in historiography in the period, and the salience of key features of the royal voice when undertaking this creative work.