I’v got one (hopefully) last comment on that book.
While Shakespeare clearly new how to set a scene – »somewhere else«, so he hadn’t do too much research to get details right, 12th Night *can* be dated as »somewhat contemporary« by one unimportant detail:
»perchance wind up my watch«
Watches were invented some time after ~1500.
#ospalhReads #13thNight #Gordon #watch #watchmaking #history #anachronism
Who knows what Gordon was thinking when he gave a precise time and place to the setting.
That was the cardinal error.
Then yu hav to do a ton of research (which Gordon clearly did not do) and yu wil stil get a lot of it wrong.
And what makes no sense at all is to pick the year 1201. What would make anibody seeing (reading) 12th Night think the setting is the middle ages?
The word »knight«?
That’s it, right?
Knight → middle ages → 1200 A.D.
Done. No need for further research. 🤦🏼
ospalh