The Seventh Boke of the Historie of England Holinshed, Raphael creator text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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 Original publication data not identified Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 DA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16617 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16617 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133405.0 16617