TY - BOOK AU - Holinshed,Raphael TI - Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (09 of 12): Edward the First, Surnamed Longshanks, the Eldest Sonne of Henrie the Third AV - DA PY - 2014/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 KW - Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 KW - Great Britain -- History -- Edward I, 1272-1307 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holinshed%27s_Chronicles; Release date is 2014-08-24; Produced by Richard Tonsing, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (09 of 12)" is part of a collaborative historical work first published in 1577. This comprehensive chronicle of British history became a crucial source for Renaissance writers, most notably William Shakespeare. The work presents detailed accounts of England's rulers, political events, and national ideals through distinctive rhetorical style. Shakespeare drew heavily from these chronicles for his history plays and tragedies, though he often transformed the material—making sympathetic rulers into villains, changing characterizations, and heightening dramatic tension to suit theatrical purposes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46668 ER -