Holinshed

American

[hol-inz-hed, hol-in-shed] / ˈhɒl ɪnzˌhɛd, ˈhɒl ɪnˌʃɛd /

noun

Raphael, died c1580, English chronicler.

Holinshed British

/ ˈhɒlɪnʃɛd /

noun

Raphael. died ?1580, English chronicler. His Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1577) provided material for Shakespeare's historical and legendary plays

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Holinshed's Chronicles, bound in two hefty volumes, was among a number of books that the researchers requested to see.

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Bourne started to compare the annotations in Holinshed's Chronicles with those in the Shakespeare Folio.

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Bourne wasn't sure how Scott-Warren would respond to the Holinshed notations, describing him as "very conservative" when it comes to reaching such verdicts.

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Milton's handwriting evolved in the 1630s and the version preserved in the Holinshed matches entries dating from the early 1640s in both manuscripts.

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Holinshed's massive account of English, Irish and Scottish history from antiquity to the reign of Elizabeth I was a major source for Shakespeare's histories and other plays including Macbeth.

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