1577 (when Shakespeare was 13) painting of lady Arabella Stuart. Unknown author, shows her holding a doll dressed in period clothing. Source When you think about the life of William Shakespeare, it is easy to think of him in his prime–as a grown man, well...
European Hand Cannon. Punches in the siege of a fortified city. Woodcut from Lucas Brandis Rudimentum noviciorum sive Chronicarum et historiarum epitome c. 1475 Source When we think about Shakespeare and his plays, we rarely think of Good Old England as having weapons...
Welcome to Episode #60 of That Shakespeare Life, the podcast that takes you behind the curtain and into the life of William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare uses Tudor Knot Gardens in his plays, most notably in Love’s Labour’s Lost, but also with a mention in Richard...
Welcome to Episode #58 of That Shakespeare Life, the podcast that takes you behind the curtain and into the life of William Shakespeare. With all of the major advances that have taken place since the The Scientific Revolution, it can be easy to forget how impactful...
Our monthly subscription service called Experience Shakespeare delivers digital history activity kits once a month that takes a tidbit of Shakespeare's history, that also appears in his plays, and shows you how it happened, and gives you a small way you can try this...
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