Friends of The Bodleian Lectures: Editing 'Huge Holinshed' for the 21st Century
| Event Name | Friends of The Bodleian Lectures: Editing 'Huge Holinshed' for the 21st Century |
| Start Date | 8th Nov 2011 1:00pm |
| End Date | 8th Nov 2011 1:30pm |
| Duration | 30 minutes |
| Description |
Convocation House, Old Bodleian Library (Entrance in Old Schools Quad) Dr Felicity Heal (Fellow and Tutor in Modern History, Jesus College) Dr Heal will talk about the two editions (1577 and 1587) of Holinshed's Chronicles, which was the definitive chronicle collection of the Elizabethan era, best known for providing much of the material for Shakespeare's English histories.She will look at the differences between the editions, and then discuss the on-line comparison of the texts that she and her colleagues have undertaken. The FOB lectures are open to all but please register in advance by email: fob@bodleian.ox.ac.uk |