WATCH MARIANNA IANNACCONE’S LECTURE ON SHAKESPEARE, GIORDANO BRUNO, AND JOHN FLORIO At the John Florio event, which took place in Florence on September 12, Marianna Iannaccone, founder of John Florio’s […]
420 years ago Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake by the Roman Inquisition. He was a major influence in John Florio’s life who changed his way of thinking, his […]
¶ NEW WORLD OF WORDS Florio’s magnum opus as lexicographer was his augmented dictionary Queen Anna’s New World of Words, or Dictionarie of the Italian and English tongues (London 1611), […]
Between the summer of 1583 and 1585 John Florio moved with his family at the French Embassy. It was situated in London, at Beaumont House, Butcher Row. The French Ambassador […]
¶ JOHN FLORIO IN LONDON Elizabeth I ascended to the throne on November 17th 1558. The first actions as Queen was the establishment of an English Protestant church. Therefore, England […]