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Raphael Holinshed

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Cheshire, England

Genre

Chronicles

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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. Wolfe gave him the project of compiling a world history from the Flood to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. This ambitious project was never finished, but one portion was published in 1577 as The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Holinshed was only one contributor to this work; others involved in its production included William Harrison, Richard Stanyhurst, and John Hooker.

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Raphael Holinshed’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 135 ratings · 13 reviews · 192 distinct works

	Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland 3.69 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1577 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holinshed's Chronicles: The Historie of England, Bookes I-IV 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6)England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (2 of 12) William Rufus 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (1 of 8) from the Time that it was First Inhabited, untill the Time that it was Last Conquered: wherein the ... and Other Manifold Observations Remembred 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shakespeare's Holinshed: The Chronicle and the Historical Plays Compared by Raphael Holinshed, Walter George Boswell-Stone (editor) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1907 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8) The Seventh Boke of the Historie of England 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars