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History Revealed

May 01 2021
Magazine

History Revealed brings the past to life for everyone. It’s an action-packed, image-rich magazine with zero stuffiness. Each issue has a central section that takes a closer look at one of history’s big stories, such as the Wild West or Ancient Rome, telling everything you need to know. We also explore the lives of the truly famous, follow the great adventures of the past, taste the blood and thunder of battles, and look at how closely Hollywood blockbusters have told history. Plus, we answer questions about some of the more surprising and strange aspects of the past. If you want to get into history, subscribe today.

WELCOME

THIS MONTH’S BIG NUMBERS

SNAPSHOTS

THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH... • RECENT HISTORY HEADLINES THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE

Archaeologist and co-founder of DigVentures

The battle of Alcatraz

MAY ANNIVERSARIES • A LOOK BACK AT THREE OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN MAY THROUGHOUT HISTORY

The Illuminati

YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

OPENING AND CLOSING SCENES • We meet the playwright’s family and examine his long relationship with Stratford-upon-Avon – the Warwickshire town where he was born, raised and eventually died

WHAT DID SHAKESPEARE LOOK LIKE?

FROM PARCHMENT TO PERFORMANCE • Renowned Shakespeare scholar Professor Sir Stanley Wells reveals how the playwright crafted his masterpieces

THE PLAY THAT BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN

A MASTER COLLABORATOR?

DID YOU KNOW?

THE PLAY’S THE THING • From the courtyards of inns to the first purpose-built public playhouses, the theatre offered exciting new leisure opportunities for ordinary Elizabethans

SHAKESPEARE’S RULERS

SHAKESPEARE’S CREATIVE MILESTONES • Selected ‘highlights’ from the life of the great playwright...

THE KEY TO SHAKESPEARE’S HEART • Dr Paul Edmondson examines Shakespeare’s Sonnets and reveals what they tell us about the thoughts and desires of the man who wrote them

SHAKESPEARE IN NUMBERS

8 PLACES THAT SHAPED THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE • Zoe Bramley visits the locations famously associated with the writer’s life – as well as those that have been forgotten

DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW?

FACT, FICTION, OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN? • With the help of Dr Paul Edmondson , we explore the historical evidence and plausibility behind 13 common statements about William Shakespeare

DID YOU KNOW?

SHAKESPEARE AND WOMEN • Chaste, silent and obedient. That’s how you recognise the virtuous woman in early modern England. But not in Shakespeare, says Professor Carol Chillington Rutter

SHAKESPEARE AND RELIGION • Writing in an age of piety, it is perhaps unsurprising that so many of Shakespeare’s works have biblical roots, says Professor Alison Shell

THE WISDOM OF SHAKESPEARE • Shakespeare’s plays and poems contain many examples of what he himself refers to as “wise saws and modern instances” (As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7) – aphorisms and pithy phrases that might become words of wisdom to us. But, as expert Paul Edmondson explains, it is important and enriching to pay attention to the original dramatic contexts in which the words are intended to be spoken

SHAKESPEARE THROUGH THE AGES • Dr Paul Edmondson explores how the playwright’s artistic legacy has continued to evolve in the centuries since his death

GET HOOKED • If we’ve whetted your appetite for all things Shakespeare, why not explore the topic further with our pick of books, films and podcasts

Tails from the Deep • Mermaids are beautiful, benevolent and captivating – or at least that is the Disney version. Dr Hetta Howes separates the real-world legends from the fishwives’ stories

MEMORABLE MERMAIDS • From northern Syria to medieval France,...


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History Revealed brings the past to life for everyone. It’s an action-packed, image-rich magazine with zero stuffiness. Each issue has a central section that takes a closer look at one of history’s big stories, such as the Wild West or Ancient Rome, telling everything you need to know. We also explore the lives of the truly famous, follow the great adventures of the past, taste the blood and thunder of battles, and look at how closely Hollywood blockbusters have told history. Plus, we answer questions about some of the more surprising and strange aspects of the past. If you want to get into history, subscribe today.

WELCOME

THIS MONTH’S BIG NUMBERS

SNAPSHOTS

THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH... • RECENT HISTORY HEADLINES THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE

Archaeologist and co-founder of DigVentures

The battle of Alcatraz

MAY ANNIVERSARIES • A LOOK BACK AT THREE OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN MAY THROUGHOUT HISTORY

The Illuminati

YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

OPENING AND CLOSING SCENES • We meet the playwright’s family and examine his long relationship with Stratford-upon-Avon – the Warwickshire town where he was born, raised and eventually died

WHAT DID SHAKESPEARE LOOK LIKE?

FROM PARCHMENT TO PERFORMANCE • Renowned Shakespeare scholar Professor Sir Stanley Wells reveals how the playwright crafted his masterpieces

THE PLAY THAT BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN

A MASTER COLLABORATOR?

DID YOU KNOW?

THE PLAY’S THE THING • From the courtyards of inns to the first purpose-built public playhouses, the theatre offered exciting new leisure opportunities for ordinary Elizabethans

SHAKESPEARE’S RULERS

SHAKESPEARE’S CREATIVE MILESTONES • Selected ‘highlights’ from the life of the great playwright...

THE KEY TO SHAKESPEARE’S HEART • Dr Paul Edmondson examines Shakespeare’s Sonnets and reveals what they tell us about the thoughts and desires of the man who wrote them

SHAKESPEARE IN NUMBERS

8 PLACES THAT SHAPED THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE • Zoe Bramley visits the locations famously associated with the writer’s life – as well as those that have been forgotten

DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW?

FACT, FICTION, OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN? • With the help of Dr Paul Edmondson , we explore the historical evidence and plausibility behind 13 common statements about William Shakespeare

DID YOU KNOW?

SHAKESPEARE AND WOMEN • Chaste, silent and obedient. That’s how you recognise the virtuous woman in early modern England. But not in Shakespeare, says Professor Carol Chillington Rutter

SHAKESPEARE AND RELIGION • Writing in an age of piety, it is perhaps unsurprising that so many of Shakespeare’s works have biblical roots, says Professor Alison Shell

THE WISDOM OF SHAKESPEARE • Shakespeare’s plays and poems contain many examples of what he himself refers to as “wise saws and modern instances” (As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7) – aphorisms and pithy phrases that might become words of wisdom to us. But, as expert Paul Edmondson explains, it is important and enriching to pay attention to the original dramatic contexts in which the words are intended to be spoken

SHAKESPEARE THROUGH THE AGES • Dr Paul Edmondson explores how the playwright’s artistic legacy has continued to evolve in the centuries since his death

GET HOOKED • If we’ve whetted your appetite for all things Shakespeare, why not explore the topic further with our pick of books, films and podcasts

Tails from the Deep • Mermaids are beautiful, benevolent and captivating – or at least that is the Disney version. Dr Hetta Howes separates the real-world legends from the fishwives’ stories

MEMORABLE MERMAIDS • From northern Syria to medieval France,...


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