Shakespeares World Part I: Background

Explore the world behind the Bard with our curated background reading list on Shakespeare’s England—featuring essential books on history, culture, and society to deepen your understanding of his life and plays.

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The amateur historian's guide to medieval and Tudor London, 1066-1600 Cover
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The amateur historian's guide to medieval and Tudor London, 1066-1600

 

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Medieval and Tudor drama Cover
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Medieval and Tudor drama

 

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Tudor plays Cover
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Tudor plays

 

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Folk-lore of Shakespeare Cover
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Folk-lore of Shakespeare

 

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William Shakespeare Cover
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William Shakespeare

 

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Holinshed's chronicle Cover
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Holinshed's chronicle

 

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Confessio amantis Cover
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Confessio amantis

 

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The essayes or counsels, civill and morall Cover
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The essayes or counsels, civill and morall

 

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King James' Daemonologie in the Form of a Dialogue, Divided into Three Books. Originally Printed in Edinburgh 1597, Modified for Easy Reading, with a Glossary Cover
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King James' Daemonologie in the Form of a Dialogue, Divided into Three Books. Originally Printed in Edinburgh 1597, Modified for Easy Reading, with a Glossary

 

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Classical and Christian ideas in English Renaissance poetry Cover
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Classical and Christian ideas in English Renaissance poetry

 

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The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature Cover
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The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature

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Ovid's Metamorphoses Cover
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Ovid's Metamorphoses

 

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Thomas Heywood's Art of Love Cover
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Thomas Heywood's Art of Love

 

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Seneca, His Tenne Tragedies (Tudor Translations Second Series, Nos 11-12) Cover
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Seneca, His Tenne Tragedies (Tudor Translations Second Series, Nos 11-12)

 

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Chapman's Homer Cover
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Chapman's Homer

 

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Elizabeth, Queen of England Cover
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Elizabeth, Queen of England

 

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Golden Ass of Apuleius Cover
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Golden Ass of Apuleius

 

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History of Twelve Caesars Cover
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History of Twelve Caesars

 

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The actes of the Greate Alexander Cover
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The actes of the Greate Alexander

 

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The Aeneid of Thomas Phaer and Thomas Twyne Cover
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The Aeneid of Thomas Phaer and Thomas Twyne

 

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Latin via Ovid Cover
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Latin via Ovid

 

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Listen & Enjoy Italian Poetry Cover
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Listen & Enjoy Italian Poetry

 

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The Palace of Pleasure Cover
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The Palace of Pleasure

 

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Orlando Furioso Cover
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Orlando Furioso

 

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Troylus and Criseyde Cover
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Troylus and Criseyde

 

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The Testament of Cresseid and other poems Cover
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The Testament of Cresseid and other poems

 

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Elizabethan sonnets Cover
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Elizabethan sonnets

 

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