The Passionate Shepherd to his Love is the only poem that can today be clearly attributed to Christopher Marlowe. It had been known since the late 1580s and is one of the most frequently paraphrased and set to music poems in the Anglo-American world. Text The poem exists in several…
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Thomas de Berkeley (* c. 1293, † 27 October 1361) married Margaret Mortimer, a daughter of Roger Mortimer, in his first marriage. He supported his father-in-law in the fight against Hugh Despenser. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Boroughbridge and was only released after the fall of the…
Thomas Gurney († c. 7 July 1333) was a retainer of Thomas Berkeley. He was assigned to guard the deposed Edward II at Berkeley Castle. In 1330 he was accused of the murder of Edward II and sentenced to death in absentia. He fled to Spain, where he was captured…
Thomas Plantagent, Earl of Lancaster (* 1278, † 22 March 1322) was the eldest son of Edmund Crouchback, brother of Edward I. His mother Blanche d’Artois was a niece of Louis IX of France. He married Alice de Lacy, the only surviving child of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln,…
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
