https://padlet.com/alexis_landry/Shakespeareanargument Bacon en-us 2017-03-28 22:43:16 UTC 2026-01-19 04:43:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Diskette.png alexis_landry https://padlet.com/alexis_landry/Shakespeareanargument/wish/163278974 Bacon graduated with a degree in law from Cambridge University, travelled extensively in Europe, and served for decades on Queen Elizabeth’s and King James’ councils. He became both Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Upon his death in 1626, eulogies were written, collected, and published in his honor by 32 scholars—University Fellows and members of the Inns of Court—crediting Bacon for his talents as a concealed poet and for uniting philosophy and drama.]]> 2017-03-28 22:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_landry/Shakespeareanargument/wish/163278974 alexis_landry https://padlet.com/alexis_landry/Shakespeareanargument/wish/163280423 In 1867, a document called the “Northumberland Manuscript” was discovered in the house of the Duke of Northumberland, which contains 22 sheets of notes from 1596 where Bacon’s name is listed along with Shakespeare’s several times.]]> 2017-03-28 23:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_landry/Shakespeareanargument/wish/163280423 alexis_landry https://padlet.com/alexis_landry/Shakespeareanargument/wish/163592237 Sir Francis Bacon was eligible to write all of this because for 1 he was alive the whole time "Shakespeare" was alive. Sir Francis Bacon’s eligibility as the true author of Shakespeare’s work rests in his legal knowledge and general education. It is known that Bacon was familiar with Rosicrucian, Hermetic, Kabbalistic and Neoplatonic themes. The poem Venus and Adonis, As You Like It, and Love’s Labour’s Lost all feature Rosicrucian themes but this does not mean Sir Francis wrote them; only that he was in a position to write about Rosicrucian themes. ]]> 2017-03-30 03:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_landry/Shakespeareanargument/wish/163592237 alexis_landry https://padlet.com/alexis_landry/Shakespeareanargument/wish/163592469 Bacon supporters reply that Francis Bacon’s Promus is the only surviving collection of terms and phrases which occur commonly in Shakespeare’s plays.]]> 2017-03-30 03:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_landry/Shakespeareanargument/wish/163592469 alexis_landry https://padlet.com/alexis_landry/Shakespeareanargument/wish/163593298 It is believed that Sir Francis Bacon wrote under the alias of "Shakespeare" to hide his royal background and to abide Rosicrucian law.]]> 2017-03-30 03:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_landry/Shakespeareanargument/wish/163593298