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Holinshed's Chronicles

by Raphael Holinshed

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Macbeth

Play · 1623

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Holinshed's Chronicles is Shakespeare's main source for Macbeth: the three weird sisters, Duncan's murder and Banquo all come from its account of Scottish history.

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Holinshed's Chronicles

Holinshed's Chronicles, also known as Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, a collaborative work, was planned as a comprehensive description of British history. The first edition, published in 1577 in two volumes, was divided into four parts : England to the Norman Conquest, Scotland to 1571, and Ireland to 1547; and England from William the Conqueror to the present time. A similarly structured second edition in 1587 brought the narrative history of each country up to 1586, and added further cross-references to sources.

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