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Hugh Holinshed or Hollingshead of Bosley, Cheshire, has been claimed as the chronicler's uncle. Hugh purchased the estate of Heywood, Cheshire, in 1541, and the frequent appearance of the christian name Ralph or Raphael among his immediate descendants supports the theory of kinship. Hugh's second son, Ralph, who died before 1577, had a son ...
Much about Raphael Holinshed is obscure. He probably originated in Cheshire, where the surname proliferated, and may have been the son of Ralph Holinshed of Copshurst, a hamlet of Sutton Downes, north-east of Macclesfield. 1 The identification cannot be regarded as certain, however, and the existence of a Raphael Holinshed of Cophurst who was recorded in 1571 in a context far removed from the ...
Holinshed probably belonged to a Cheshire family. From roughly 1560 he lived in London, where he was employed as a translator by Reginald Wolfe, who was preparing a universal history. After Wolfe’s death in 1573 the scope of the work was abridged, and it appeared, with many illustrations, as the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande ...
Essays by him appear in various Oxford Handbooks, including that on Holinshed's Chronicles. He is also the author of the chapter on Classical history and biography in the forthcoming Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature. His book on Renaissance drama, Shakespeare in Company, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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.
ラファエル・ホリンズヘッド （Raphael Holinshed、 ['hɔlinʃed] [1] 、 [ ˈhɒlɪnzhɛd] 、 1529年 - 1580年 ）は、 イングランド の 年代記 作家で、一般的に『 ホリンズヘッドの年代記 ( Holinshed's Chronicles )』として知られた彼の作った年代記は、 ウィリアム ...
This condescending verdict has only recently given way to an appreciation of the literary and historical qualities of these chronicles. The Oxford Handbook of Holinshed's Chronicles is a major interdisciplinary undertaking which gives the lie to Holinshed's detractors, and provides original interpretations of a book that has lacked sustained ...
