Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8) : The Seventh Boke of the Historie of England
Holinshed, Raphael
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8) : The Seventh Boke of the Historie of England - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holinshed%27s_Chronicles Release date is 2005-08-29
Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Lesley Halamek and the Online
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"Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8)" by Raphael Holinshed is a historical chronicle published in 1577, with a revised edition in 1587. This comprehensive work describes British history across England, Scotland, and Ireland. Famous for inspiring Shakespeare's history plays and tragedies like Macbeth and King Lear, the Chronicles presented historical narratives quite differently from their dramatic adaptations. Where Shakespeare created dark, complex characters, Holinshed's accounts often portrayed figures like Macbeth as capable rulers whose stories unfolded through different moral lenses and political contexts. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
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Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8) : The Seventh Boke of the Historie of England - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holinshed%27s_Chronicles Release date is 2005-08-29
Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Lesley Halamek and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Lesley Halamek and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
"Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8)" by Raphael Holinshed is a historical chronicle published in 1577, with a revised edition in 1587. This comprehensive work describes British history across England, Scotland, and Ireland. Famous for inspiring Shakespeare's history plays and tragedies like Macbeth and King Lear, the Chronicles presented historical narratives quite differently from their dramatic adaptations. Where Shakespeare created dark, complex characters, Holinshed's accounts often portrayed figures like Macbeth as capable rulers whose stories unfolded through different moral lenses and political contexts. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
DA