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75 - History and Historiography

from Part VIII - High Culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2019

By
Atsuhiko Hirota
Edited by
Bruce R. Smith
Edited in association with
Katherine Rowe
With
Ton Hoenselaars ,
Akiko Kusunoki ,
Andrew Murphy  and
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Bruce R. Smith
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Katherine Rowe
Affiliation:
Smith College, Massachusetts
Ton Hoenselaars
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Akiko Kusunoki
Affiliation:
Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan
Andrew Murphy
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Anglica HistoriaBacon, FrancischronicleThe First Part of the Life and Reigne of King Henry the IIIIHall, EdwardHenry IV, Part 1Henry IV, Part 2Henry VHenry VI, Part 3Heyward, JohnhistoriographyhistoryThe History of Henry VIIThe History of Richard IIIHolinshed, RaphaelHolinshed’s ChroniclesMore, Sir ThomasRichard IIIThe True Tragedy of King Richard IIIThe Union of the Two Illustrious FamiliesVergil, Polydore
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The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare , pp. 579 - 586
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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