John Stow (1525-1605) and the Making of the English Past.(Book review)

John Stow (1525-1605) and the Making of the English Past Edited by Ian Gadd and Alexandra Gillespie London: The British Library, 2004

John Stow, antiquary, chronicler, topographer, editor, collector of manuscripts, and merchant tailor, was an elder contemporary of Shakespeare whose work impinged most directly on Shakespeare's through Stow s contributions to Holinshed's Chronicles and possibly through Stew's updated (and unsuccessful) rival to Holinshed, the Annals of 1592. Renewed attention to the history and literature of sixteenth-century London has resulted in much new…