Mapping Shakespeare : an exploration of Shakespeare's world through maps /
Jeremy Black.
- London, UK : Conway, 2018.
- 192 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 27 cm
Includes index Maps on lining papers
Medieval background The Renaissance legacy Projections, accuracy and printing Astrology and astronomy Mapping England Mapping London Mapping history Shakespeare's Europe 'An Ethiop's Ear' : beyond Europe in the age of Shakespeare Ideas of space
William Shakespeare's lifetime (1564-1616) spanned the reigns of the last of the Tudors, Elizabeth I and the first of the Stuart kings, James I and the changing times and political mores of the time were reflected through his plays. This book looks at the England in which Shakespeare worked through maps and illustrations that reveal the way that he and his contemporaries saw their land and their place in the world. It also explores the locations of his plays and looks at the possible inspirations for these and why Shakespeare would have chosen to set his stories there.