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RE: ADSactly History - Wrongfully Maligned Figures in History (Part 1)
A series and a post of great interest, @honeydue. It will always be possible to unveil falsehoods and discover facets of history that have remained dark or manipulated. Historical research allows us to unravel it in the long run. Their work seems to be based on sources that confirm that solid historical search. I thank you for your contributions to this necessary clarification and for illustrating it to us.
Now, I would not see Shakespeare's works as a properly historical source; I believe that their value lies in being fictional creations that address, with sharpness and aesthetic achievement, topics as universal and current as the struggle for power, ambitions and human miseries.
Attentive to his new deliveries. Greetings.
I wouldn't take Shakespeare as accurate historical facts either ;) He was a man of his time, he lived in a world where, much like today, information was very important and heavily used upon to sway public opinion. And besides, you could just go and say that Richard III or whoever else was a dick, but it was a lot more convincing to have this whole little show, it helped the idea stay in people's minds.
Thank you for reading! :)