Bernard André,
O.E.S.A. (1450–1522), also known as Andreas, was a
French Augustinian friar, poet, chronicler of the reign of
Henry VII of England
Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509), also known as Henry Tudor, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
Henr ...
, and
poet laureate.
Biography
A native of
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
, André was tutor to
Prince Arthur of England, and probably had a share in the education of the future King
Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his Wives of Henry VIII, six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. ...
. He was also a tutor at Oxford. It is believed that he was blind.
Works
André's writings are mostly in Latin. They are often typical contemporary Renaissance styles in both thought and diction. His ''Historia Henrici Septimi'' was edited (1858) by
James Gairdner, who noted André's chronicle of events in the
Cornish Rebellion of 1497 was of somewhat limited value, because it was used "only as one of the very few sources of contemporary information in a particularly obscure period".
References
;Attribution
* The entry cites:
**J. Gairdner, ''Memorials of Henry VII'' in
Rolls Series (London 1858) — For André's Life of Henry VII;
**
**Gardiner and Mullinger, ''Introduction to the Study of English History'' (4th ed., 1903), 303, 304.
* Bernard André
''The Life of Henry VII,''translated and introduced by Daniel Hobbins (New York: Italica Press, 2011).
1450 births
1522 deaths
Writers from Toulouse
Augustinian friars
15th-century French Roman Catholic priests
16th-century French Roman Catholic priests
15th-century French poets
16th-century French poets
French expatriates in England
English chroniclers
15th-century French historians
16th-century French historians
16th-century French male writers
French male poets
French male non-fiction writers
Arthur, Prince of Wales
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