Chronicles Of England Scotland And Ireland 2 Of 6 England 1 Of 12

Author : Raphael Holinshed
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ISBN 13 : 9781468037623
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland 2 of 6 England 1 Of 12 written by Raphael Holinshed and published by . This book was released on 2011-12-14 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland 2 of 6 England 1 of 12In 1548 Reginald Wolfe, a London printer, conceived the idea of creating a "Universal Cosmography of the whole world, and there with also certain particular histories of every known nation." He wanted the work to be printed in English and he wanted maps and illustrations in the book as well. Wolfe acquired many of John Leland's works and with these he constructed chronologies and drew maps that were up to date. When Wolfe realised he could not complete this project on his own, he hired Raphael Holinshed and William Harrison to assist him.Wolfe died with the work still uncompleted in 1573, and the project, changed to a work about just the British Isles, was run by a consortium of three members of the London stationers. They kept Raphael Holinshed who employed William Harrison, Richard Stanyhurst, Edmund Campion and John Hooker. In 1577 the work was published in two volumes after some censorship by the Privy Council of some of Stanyhurst's contribution on Ireland. (Wikipedia.org)