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Holinshed
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Hol·in·shed  (hln-shd, -nz-hd) Hol·lings·head (-ngz-hd), Raphael Died c. 1580.
English historian. His volume Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1577) was used extensively by Shakespeare as well as other Elizabethan dramatists as a source of historical information.
Holinshed [ˈhɒlɪnʃɛd], Holingshed
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(Biographies / Holinshed, Raphael (death date: ?1580) M, English, HISTORY: chronicler) Raphael. died ?1580, English chronicler. His Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1577) provided material for Shakespeare's historical and legendary plays


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