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In Henry IV, Part 1. taken primarily from Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicles, but Sir John Falstaff and his Eastcheap cronies are original creations (with some indebtedness to popular traditions about Prince Hal’s prodigal youth that had been incorporated into a play of the 1580s called The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth) who add an element…
Abstract. The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1577, 1587), issued under the name of Raphael Holinshed, was the crowning achievement of Tudor historiography, and became the principal source for the historical writings of Spenser, Daniel and, above all, Shakespeare.
23 mai 2016 · The Project Gutenberg EBook of Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by Raphael Holinshed This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
Raphael Holinshed was the primary author and editor of The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande (1577; revised edition, 1587), a comprehensive historical record of events which shaped ...
15 sept. 2023 · This guide provides information about Raphael Holinshed and his historical text, The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1577). Often called Holinshed's Chronicles, William Shakepeare used the second edition (1587) as his source for his history plays (i.e., Richard III) and two of his tragedies, Macbeth and King Lear.
0.1 Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1587) was a volume Shakespeare returned to throughout his career. His earliest histories were indebted to it, as is the late romance, Cymbeline, and he consulted it in creating his great tragedies King Lear and Macbeth. Raphael Holinshed was not the only writer of what became ...
Raphael Holinshed (1529 - 1580) was an English chronicler, whose work, commonly known as Holinshed's Chronicles, was one of the major sources used by William Shakespeare for a number of his plays. He is thought to have come from Cheshire, but lived in London, where he worked as a translator for the printer Reginald Wolfe.
