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Tools used for Prisoner Torture for the 17th Century
Shakespeare uses the word torment more than forty times in his plays. For modern listeners, torment often feels internal — guilt, grief, jealousy, remorse. But in Shakespeare’s England, torment could also be something far more literal. It could be...
Exploring Wisson House, Shakespeare’s Neighbor
In Stratford Upon Avon, where William Shakespeare was born, there is a house that was built in 1530, while King Henry VIII was ruling England. This house was there when Shakespeare was living in the town, and the owners have direct connections to Shakespeare himself....
How Shakespeare’s England Laid the Groundwork for the Witch Panics
In the decades that followed Shakespeare's death in 1616, England saw the arrival of events known as witch panics of Civil War–era Britain. It’s easy to think that these witch panics and the heightened fear about witches was something that’s post-Shakespeare, but the...
