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Hamlet Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as early-modern)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,043,442 ratings — published 1601
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Othello Othello (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.89 — 434,906 ratings — published 1603
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King Lear King Lear (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.91 — 236,553 ratings — published 1605
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The Tempest The Tempest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.78 — 226,400 ratings — published 1611
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,808,184 ratings — published 1590
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.94 — 576,338 ratings — published 1595
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Macbeth Macbeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,013,638 ratings — published 1623
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Dr. Faustus Dr. Faustus (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.80 — 72,158 ratings — published 1588
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Paradise Lost Paradise Lost (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.85 — 181,569 ratings — published 1667
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The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.77 — 202,071 ratings — published 1596
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Twelfth Night Twelfth Night (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.96 — 193,843 ratings — published 1623
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Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as early-modern)
avg rating 4.06 — 257,791 ratings — published 1598
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Titus Andronicus Titus Andronicus (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.67 — 34,226 ratings — published 1594
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Don Quixote Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.91 — 303,641 ratings — published 1615
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The Winter's Tale The Winter's Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.71 — 36,449 ratings — published 1623
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Julius Caesar Julius Caesar (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.71 — 218,532 ratings — published 1599
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Richard II Richard II (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.78 — 27,770 ratings — published 1595
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The Prince The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.84 — 380,681 ratings — published 1532
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Richard III Richard III (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.91 — 58,261 ratings — published 1593
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King Henry IV, Part 1 King Henry IV, Part 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.80 — 33,175 ratings — published 1597
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Henry V Henry V (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.85 — 52,985 ratings — published 1599
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Utopia Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.55 — 82,617 ratings — published 1516
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The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.74 — 180,105 ratings — published 1593
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As You Like It As You Like It (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.81 — 88,674 ratings — published 1599
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Measure for Measure Measure for Measure (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.67 — 31,157 ratings — published 1604
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The Faerie Queene The Faerie Queene (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.59 — 17,289 ratings — published 1590
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Shakespeare's Sonnets Shakespeare's Sonnets (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as early-modern)
avg rating 4.25 — 112,088 ratings — published 1609
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Antony and Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.71 — 43,610 ratings — published 1606
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Leviathan Leviathan (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.70 — 52,641 ratings — published 1651
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The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as early-modern)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,960 ratings — published 1976
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Coriolanus Coriolanus (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.72 — 19,383 ratings — published 1608
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The Comedy of Errors The Comedy of Errors (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.72 — 34,317 ratings — published 1594
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The Reformation: A History The Reformation: A History (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as early-modern)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,540 ratings — published 2003
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The Spanish Tragedy The Spanish Tragedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.56 — 8,519 ratings — published 1592
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The Duchess of Malfi The Duchess of Malfi (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.63 — 18,695 ratings — published 1614
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Henry IV, Part Two Henry IV, Part Two (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.77 — 21,196 ratings — published 1598
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The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as early-modern)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,409 ratings — published 1972
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Edward II Edward II (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.65 — 7,380 ratings — published 1593
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Henry VI, Part 1 Henry VI, Part 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.54 — 9,675 ratings — published 1592
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Cymbeline Cymbeline (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.60 — 11,847 ratings — published 1610
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The Pilgrim's Progress The Pilgrim's Progress (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as early-modern)
avg rating 4.07 — 157,856 ratings — published 1678
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The Return of Martin Guerre The Return of Martin Guerre (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.76 — 5,316 ratings — published 1983
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Candide Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.76 — 300,071 ratings — published 1759
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Oroonoko Oroonoko (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.01 — 16,842 ratings — published 1688
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The Merry Wives of Windsor The Merry Wives of Windsor (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.55 — 14,431 ratings — published 1597
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The Jew of Malta The Jew of Malta (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.58 — 6,154 ratings — published 1589
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Tamburlaine (Dover Thrift Editions) Tamburlaine (Dover Thrift Editions)
by (shelved 14 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.61 — 2,926 ratings — published 1587
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Troilus and Cressida Troilus and Cressida (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.41 — 12,518 ratings — published 1601
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King Henry VI, Part 3 King Henry VI, Part 3 (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as early-modern)
avg rating 3.71 — 7,837 ratings — published 1592
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The Complete Essays The Complete Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as early-modern)
avg rating 4.23 — 21,976 ratings — published 1580
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Keith Thomas
“The fourteenth-century preacher, John Bromyard, used to tell the story of the shepherd who, asked if he knew who the Father, Son and Holy Ghost were, replied, 'The father and the son I know well for I tend their sheep, but I know not that third fellow; there is none of that name in our village.”
Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England

Reinhart Koselleck
“Heresy no longer existed within religion; it
was founded in the state.”
Reinhart Koselleck, Futures Past: On the Semantics of Historical Time

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