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Holinshed, Raphael

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | © The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 2003, originally published by Oxford University Press 2003. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Holinshed, Raphael (d. ?1580), was employed as a translator by Reyner Wolfe, the printer and publisher. While in his employ he planned the Chronicles (1577) which are known by his name and are by several hands. They form the first authoritative vernacular and continuous account of the whole of English history. The Historie of England was written by Holinshed himself. The Description of England, a vivid account of English towns, villages, crops, customs, etc. of the day, was written by W. Harrison. The Chronicle was reissued, with continuation, edited by John Hooker, alias Vowell, in 1587, and politically offensive passages again taken out. This edition was widely used by Shakespeare and other dramatists.

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