- Holinshed, Raphael by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... 1580. English chronicler.Holinshed compiled The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, better known as The Chronicles of Holinshed. (vols. 1–3, 1577). A number of historians and antiquarians were connected with the work, such as J. Stow and W. Harrison; the latter’s Description of England. Was first published in the Chronicles. Holinshed himself ...
- Holinshed, Raphael by Emmanuel Chambers
... chronicler. From C. 1560 Holinshed lived in London, where he was employed as a translator by Reginald Wolfe, who was preparing a universal history. Holinshed is remembered for his Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande (1577), an abridged history he published after Wolfe's death, compiled largely uncritically from many sources of varying degrees of ...
- chronicle plays by Christian Hall
Dramas based upon 16th-century chronicles in English, particularly those of Edward Hall and Raphael Holinshed. These plays became very popular late in the reign of Elizabeth I, when, in a burst of patriotism, the public became interested in the history of their country. Starting as loosely structured depictions of events ...
- Holinshed by Bradley Morrison
Holinshed, HolingshedRaphael. died? 1580, English chronicler. His Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1577) provided material for Shakespeare's historical and legendary plays
- Holinshed, Raphael by Breanna Hart
... after Wolfe's death, appeared Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, which he wrote with the assistance of William Harrison and Richard Stanihurst. Many Elizabethan dramatists drew plots for plays from the book in this and later editions. Shakespeare used it for several plays, especially Macbeth, King Lear, and Cymbeline. BibliographySee study by S...