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John Florio created more than one thousand new words for the English language, compounds, puns and proverbs that we still use in our everyday conversations. Emotion, Management, Rough-Hew, Fresh-bleeding, All …

In 1591 John Florio published “Giardino di Ricreatione” commonly known as a collection of proverbs. However, a deeper analysis reveals that this work is a literary exercise in which Florio …

JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY, KIELCE. CONFERENCE “ASPECTS OF POPULAR CULTURE” John Florio is today recognised as the most important humanist in Renaissance England.He contributed to the English language with more than …

Watch Marianna Iannaccone’s lecture on the influence of Giordano Bruno in Shakespeare’s works and John Florio’s years at the French Embassy with the Nolan philosopher On 14th May 2021, Marianna …

THE ANONYMOUS WORK JOHN FLORIO PUBLISHED IN 1591 AND THE BRAND NEW LIST OF AUTHORS HE CONSULTED When he entered the patronage of Henry Wriothesley, Third Earl of Southampton, John …

Dr John Gallagher uncovers the surprising tale of how English conquered the world. BBC has rebroadcasted “Scuffles, Swagger and Shakespeare: The Hidden story of English“, a documentary which unveils the …

Academia della Crusca celebrates Dante with a new Italian vocabulary which contains English entries from John Florio’s dictionary To commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death, the Accademia della …