The "Soest" portrait. Reproduced by permission of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Shakespeare's Life and Times introduces you to the world Shakespeare lived and worked in. This section of the Internet Shakespeare Editions is like a shelf of books, each of which is listed in the navigational bar beneath the page header. Each book, in turn, is divided into chapters dealing with related topics.

A word about links.

Links followed by an asterisk (*) open up a "pop-up" note on the same page; links without the asterisk go to a different page; links external to the site open a new window in your browser.

This site was originally published in February 1999. Most recent update November 2010. Written by Michael Best.