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Moreover,

Shakespeare's source, Holinshed, got it wrong. He thought that Scotland, like England, had an inherited monarchy and so Macbeth stole the throne from Malcolm. But Scotland's king was elected. Had Duncan died naturally, Macbeth, as a war hero, might well have been elected.

Posted by Hamlet on March 21, 1997 at 11:08:24
 In Reply to "Historical Macbeth" posted by Scott Schiefelbein on March 17, 1997 at 11:02:28


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