Chapter XV The Domestic Life of Shakspere's Time — I . 6i

The treatment of domestic life to centre upon Shakspcre himself — Stratford, the Warwickshire fields and lands, and Kenil worth cover the whole of English life — Shakspere's models for his characters all about him — special meaning of ** gentlemen" in those days — evidence in Midsummer Night* s Dream that Shak- spere had visited Kenilworth — striking events of the world's history just previous to and during Shakspere's time — summary of these notable events that make up the *' outer life of the Re- naissance," from the invention of printing in 1440 to the death of Shakspere in 161 6.