Bellairsia: 16 century

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Monday, March 13, 2023

Something About Nafpaktos

Labels: 16 century, curse of the blue figurine annotations, places - greece

Port authority.

Something About The Battle of Lepanto

Labels: 16 century, curse of the blue figurine annotations, places - greece

Splish splash.

Who’s Who: David Rizzio

Labels: 16 century, house with a clock in its walls annotations, people, places - scotland

Before bed, Lewis reads Stoddard’s account of the murder of this member of the Scottish court [The House with a Clock in its Walls; 19].

Study Shows Shakespeare As Ruthless Businessman

Labels: 16 century, 17 century, names - shakespeare william, places - england

This April 1 Associated Press article's description of William Shakespeare - "hoarder, moneylender, tax dodger" - says these words aren't usually how we think of the famed dramatist. Researchers from Aberystwyth University in Wales argue we should:

Was Shakespeare's Ghost Writer ... Shakespeare?

Labels: 16 century, 17 century, names - shakespeare william

My introduction to the Shakespeare authorship question was Joseph Sobran's 1997 book, Alias Shakespeare. I don't remember much about the book now - except one of the proposed candidates was Christopher Marlowe, who I remembered as the "great reckoning in a little room" guy from The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull - but I still keep an eye open when stories and theories appear.

Including this April 26 article from CNN:

Time Capsule: 1566

Labels: 16 century, house with a clock in its walls, places - scotland

March 9, 1566: When you settle down for the night, what sort of book do you dig out of the shelves? History? Mystery? Romance? A book Lewis finds in his uncle’s house is Volume IX of Stoddard's Lectures, labeled "Scotland, England, and London":