http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/the-bard Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:50:18 -0400 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:50:18 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/138/filling-in-the-holes-in-the-biography-of-william-shakespeare By Matthew Colpitts - Critic Daniel Wackerman argues in his essay, “To Be or Not to Be (Catholic, That is),” that there are many biographical reasons to believe that Shakespeare was a catholic.    He writes about how from his birth Shakespeare was in the presence of some strong catholic influences. Wackerman and some other scholars, including Eamon Duffy, have pointed to the family’s religious affiliations to back this up.  The Bard’s maternal grandfather was Edward Arden, Wackerman writes that, “Arden, was patriarch to ‘one of the most prominent Warwickshire... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:39 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/138/filling-in-the-holes-in-the-biography-of-william-shakespeare