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Introduction | |
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Chart of Lands and Peoples Referenced in Shakespeare's Writing | |
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Shakespeare's Life Shakespeare's Ancestry | |
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John and Mary Shakespeare | |
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Decline of Family Fortunes | |
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Stratford-Upon-Avon | |
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Shakespeare's Education | |
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Literary Influences | |
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Early Dramatic Influences | |
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Marriage and Children | |
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Retirement and Death | |
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Legends | |
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Shakespeare's Plays and Poems | |
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Potential Chronology for the Works | |
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The Narrative Poems | |
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Sonnets | |
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Comedies and Romances | |
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The History Plays | |
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Late Romances | |
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The Tragedies | |
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Performance and Criticism | |
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Anti-Stratfordian Theories | |
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Shakespeare and the Bible | |
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Shakespeare's Contemporaries | |
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Shakespeare's Critics | |
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Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton | |
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The University Wits vs | |
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The Grammarians | |
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Shakespeare's Theaters | |
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Acting Troupes | |
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Sources for Shakespeare's Writing | |
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Characters and Themes | |
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Critical Approaches | |
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Elizabeth's England | |
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The Tudor Dynasty | |
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Queen Elizabeth I | |
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Elizabeth's Government | |
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Elizabethan Economy | |
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James Stuart I of England | |
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Documents: The First Parliament, January 23-May 8, 1559, (Excerpt) | |
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The Oath of a Privy Councillor | |
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An Act for the Relief of the Poor, (Excerpt) | |
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The Act of Uniformity, (Excerpt) | |
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Shakespeare's Society | |
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Ancient History of England | |
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Games and Sports | |
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Holidays | |
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Music | |
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Folk Sayings and Proverbs | |
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Shakespeare's English | |
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Printers | |
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Playhouses | |
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London in the 16th Century | |
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Medicine | |
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Death and Burial | |
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Ghosts and Witchcraft | |
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Military Service | |
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Punishments | |
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Religion | |
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Tudor Reform | |
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Versions of the Bible | |
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Catholicism and the Anglican Church | |
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Elizabeth's Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity | |
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Puritans | |
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The Reformation | |
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European Protestantism | |
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The Counter Reformation | |
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Other Faiths | |
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Documents: Convocation of 1563: Puritan Demands | |
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Dedication of the King James Bible to the King | |
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Institutes of the Christian Religion, (Excerpt) John Calvin | |
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From Loyola's March 26, 1553 Letter to Portugal (Excerpt) | |
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The Elizabethan Social Order | |
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Farmlands | |
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Households | |
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Social Ranks | |
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Titles and Ranks | |
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Women | |
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Marriage and Family | |
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Minorities | |
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The European Effect | |
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Map | |
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Austria | |
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Hungary | |
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Italy | |
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Southern Europe | |
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Spain | |
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Portugal | |
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France | |
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Germany and Central Europe | |
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The Netherlands | |
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Scotland | |
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Ireland | |
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Poland | |
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Denmark | |
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The Renaissance | |
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Map | |
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The Great Chain of Being | |
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Humanism | |
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The European Renaissance | |
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Music | |
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Politics | |
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Literature | |
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Art | |
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Science | |
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Alternative Lifestyles | |
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Noble Women | |
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Eastern Empires | |
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Map | |
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Russia | |
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Africa | |
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Arabia | |
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Persia | |
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Palestine | |
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The Ottoman Empire | |
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Australia | |
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China and Cathay | |
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Japan | |
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East Asia | |
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India | |
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Documents: First Charter to the East India Company, December 31, 1600, (Excerpt) | |
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Western Worlds | |
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Map | |
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The Americas | |
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Mexico and South America | |
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English Colonies | |
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Native Americans | |
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New World Writing | |
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Documents: Charter to the Virginian Colonies, April 10, 1606, (Excerpt) | |
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Discourse of Western Planting | |
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Richard Hakluyt | |
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The General Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), (Excerpt) | |
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