Myth of the Month 10: Who Was Shakespeare? -- pt. 3: "The Maiden's Organ"
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
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The Young Man Is Not William Herbert, but Henry Ridesley Is
Sol frampton, the scholar who puts forward this theory that john florio is the lynch pen of thorpe, william herbert and the sonnets, he doesn't think that the young man is william Herbert. He thinks henry ridesley, earl of southampton. Why would he think that? Well, this goes back again to john florio. But saul frampton argues that there's no evidence that willoughby, henry willoughby,. was a writer. This is probably another false name or false story. Regardless, the author was clearly aware of shakespeare because the prefatory poem discusses the mistreatment of women - it specifically mentions poor
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