Myth of the Month 10: Who Was Shakespeare? -- pt. 1: The Monument and the Man
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
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The Boar Without a Head
In 16 o, one a series of plays called the parnassus plays were staged at cambridge university. Many have theorized that this character of solardo is in some way a reference to, or a parody of william shakespeare. And also, you might notice the allusion to the figure on the crest, boar without a head, which maybe seems very possibly to be a reference to sh Shakespeare's henry the fourth.
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