Famous diarist Samuel Pepys bought a Folio in 1664 and King Charles I read and annotated a copy of the Second Folio while imprisoned in the 1640s.

The most famous of all English playwrights was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. William’s father John was a wealthy merchant and a respectable member of the community within the small Warwickshire ...

Many females may not know they are autistic until they are adults. Females with high functioning autism may internalize and mask their symptoms, leaving them without the right support ...

Blood in your urine is most common in males and can occur due to many causes, including an injury, an underlying condition affecting your kidneys or prostate, a urinary tract infection (UTI), and ...

New York City’s cultural amenities are many, but none quite match the number, scale, and variety of its museums. There is literally an institution for every interest, whether it’s in art ...

Fighting has raged in Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion more than three years ago. Russian forces have slowly expanded the amount of territory they control over the past year ...

In the 1630s and 1640s, dividends were mostly cloves, which shareholders accepted gladly. From 1646, dividends were mostly in cash, with occasional bond distributions. This maintained shareholder ...

This particular example, commissioned by founder of modern Afghanistan King Ahmad Shah Durrani (1747–1772), combines an axe head for close-quarters fighting and a rudimentary matchlock pistol.

the political events described in the play allowed the researchers to situate its creation in the final years of the 1640s or first half of the 1650s. These dates are corroborated by physical ...

The Church of Sweden (Svenska kyrkan) is Evangelical Lutheran and has its secretariat in Uppsala, a city that has been the centre of religion in Sweden since the Middle Ages. The Church of Sweden has ...

The sonnet sits among politically charged works, for example, banned Christmas carols and satirical poems on the tumultuous events of the early 1640s. In this copy, the sonnet has been adapted as a ...