While Shakespeare caused much controversy, he also earned lavish praise and has profoundly impacted the world over in areas of literature, culture, art, theatre, and film and is considered one of the best English language writers ever.
There is also the time when Queen Elizabeth herself visited nearby Kenilworth Castle and Shakespeare, said to have been duly impressed by the procession, recreated it in some of his later plays.
When he finished school he might have apprenticed for a time with his father, but there is also mention of his being a school teacher.
French literature is considered one of the richest and most varied national literatures, noted especially for its examination of human society and the individual’s place within society.
Much of French medieval literature is sacred in the sense that it deals with the lives of saints and the church lore of miracles and mysteries.
Courtly literature examined the social and personal consequences of a system that fostered arranged marriages and advocated the submission of the individual to higher forces and beings.