The Eight Booke 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 (8 of 8)" by Raphael Holinshed is a collaborative historical work published in 1577 and revised in 1587. This comprehensive chronicle of British history became a foundational source for Renaissance writers, most notably William Shakespeare. The work shaped iconic plays like Macbeth and King Lear, though Shakespeare dramatically transformed Holinshed's accounts. Where the Chronicles present Macbeth as a capable ruler for ten years, Shakespeare reimagined him as a tragic figure consumed by ambition and darkness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holinshed%27s_Chronicles Release date is 2005-09-07 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 -- Edward, the Confessor, 1042-1066 Harold, King of England, 1022?-1066 Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066 DA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16669 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16669 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133405.0 16669