TY - BOOK AU - Holinshed,Raphael TI - Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (05 of 12): Henrie the Second AV - DA PY - 2005/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 KW - Great Britain -- History -- Henry II, 1154-1189 KW - Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holinshed%27s_Chronicles; Release date is 2005-09-27; Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Louise Pryor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (05 of 12)" by Raphael Holinshed is a historical chronicle first published in 1577. This collaborative work provides a comprehensive account of British history, serving as a primary source for Renaissance writers including Shakespeare. The Chronicles shaped famous works like Macbeth and King Lear, though often with significant alterations. Its narratives establish ideals of nationhood, monarchy, and heroism through distinctive rhetorical patterns. Recent scholarship explores how contemporary readers interpreted these historical texts through literary perspectives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16761 ER -