Biographies of Holinshed and About the Chronicles

Biography and Overview of The Chronicles / Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online Edition

• Scholarly article includes information about the Chronicles' censorship, textual variations and literary and historical significance

"The Making of the Chronicles" / Holinshed Project, University of Oxford

• Provides details about the collaborative authorship of the Chornicles, the two editions, and Holinshed's sources

Biography of Raphael Holinshed / Britannica Academic Edition

• Brief entry about Holinshed and the Chronicles, plus links to related encyclopedia articles and play-specific references from Holinshed

Biography of Raphael Holinshed / Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Shakespeare

• Brief entry about Holinshed and the Chronicles

Textual Commentary

• Randall MacLeod's "Chronicling Holinshed's Chronicles: Textual Commentary"

Books in the Library

• Books about Holinshed's Chronicles
  
• Holinshed's Chronicles and Shakespeare's historical plays
  
• Shakespeare's sources
  

Pictured: Historiated initial from Holinshed's Chronicles, Belk Library copy.