<span><span>William Shakespeare Full and Short Biography - Life History and Biography of the Great Bard of Stratford - Elizabethan Playwright and Actor</span>Childhood of William Shakespeare - Early years of the great Bard's life in Elizabethan Stratford<span>Education of William Shakespeare - Biography includes the Petty school and King Edward VI Grammar School - The Tudor alphabet</span>Life in Elizabethan Stratford - Entertainment, Acting troupes, & family ties<span>William Shakespeare Biography - The Lost Years from leaving school to marrying Anne Hathaway</span><span>William Shakespeare Biography - The Lost Years 1585 - 1592 between William Shakespeare marriage to Anne Hathaway and the London Theatre</span></span>
<span><span>The Facts - the Documented Facts about William Shakespeare
</span><span>Confusion regarding Shakespeare's name is explained. The facts detailed about William Shakespeare are taken from written evidence available from the Elizabethan era. The written evidence includes details of all of the known facts taken from official records and there is also a section relating to William Shakespeare's last will and testament. </span><span>The known facts about William Shakespeare, the Great Stratford Bard, have all been included in his biography and the William Shakespeare Timeline. The main source of the William Shakespeare facts are official documents that are still available for inspection. These documents include all of the facts available relating to legal documents. Other facts have been gleaned from another legal document, Last Will and Testament of William Shakespeare. Church records, including those at Stratford, detail major facts and occurrences such as baptism, marriage and death associated with William Shakespeare. A final definitive resource for known facts about William Shakespeare can be found in the numerous William Shakespeare Timeline categories that have been collated. William Shakespeare quotes and facts ascertained from his fellow actors and playwrights from the Elizabethan era.</span></span>
<span>Facts - Interesting Facts about the Life and Times of the bard of Stratford, Actor and PlaywrightThe Last Will and Testament of William Shakespeare - Second best bed left to his wife and gifts to fellow actors</span>
<span><span>More Facts ! - William Shakespeare Timelines
</span><span>The comprehensive William Shakespeare Timelines allows a correlation between William Shakespeare and his biography and the important historical events & people who shared his World. The timelines cover his mother and father, his wife (Anne Hathaway), his children (Judith, Susanna and Hamnet) his grandchildren (from Judith's marriage to Richard Quiney) and the major people and events of the Elizabethan era.</span></span>
<span><span>Family Timeline - Time lines for all family of William Shakespeare - timelines for ancestors, parents, siblings and children</span><span><span>Elizabethan Timeline 1531 to 1592 - William Shakespeare Time line with key dates and events of the era </span> </span><span>Elizabethan / Stuart Timeline 1593 to 1646 - William Shakespeare Time line with key dates and events of the era</span></span>
"Historia von D. Johann Fausten" is the earliest narration of the legend of Faust written by an anonymous German author and published by Johann Spies in Frankfurt, Germany in 1587. It became the inspiration of Christopher Marlowe’s play entitled "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus". Marlowe retains the following three story elements from the original legend:
<em>Faustus visits the Pope.</em> This happens during his third exploratory journey. Becoming invisible he demands to witness all the luxuries inside the Pope’s Palace. He remained there, unseen, for three days and three nights.
<em>The agreement between Faust and the Devil is signed in Faustus' own blood.</em> The agreement contained three clauses, the second of which indicated that a sample of Faustus’ blood would authenticate the negotiation. Doctor Faustus, pierced open a vein in his left hand using a pocketknife.
<em>The Devil serves Faustus for 24 years. </em>Based on the first clause of the agreement, Faustus agrees to give his soul to the Devil, that is become his property at the expiration of a certain number of years. In both the original and Marlow’s narration, this period was of 24 years, during which the Devil, by means of the demon Mephistophilis would be at Faustus’ service.
