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TODAY I WILL TALK ABOUT A TOPIC THAT SHAKESPEARE’S SCHOLARS NEVER DISCUSS: HOW SHAKESPEARE WAS DEVASTATED BY GIORDANO BRUNO’S DEATH AND THE SECRET POEM THAT HE WROTE FOR HIM AFTER HIS TERRIBLE DEATH.

IN 1586, AFTER 3 HAPPY YEARS AT THE FRENCH EMBASSY WITH JOHN FLORIO, GIORDANO BRUNO LEFT ENGLAND. TWO PEOPLE IN LONDON WERE DEEPLY INFLUENCED BY HIS THOUGHT AND THE WORKS THAT HE WROTE IN THOSE YEARS: JOHN FLORIO AND SHAKESPEARE.

FLORIO MENTIONS BRUNO IN SECOND FRUITS, HE TRANSLATED BRUNO’S THOUGHT, AND WHEN HE PUBLISHED MONTAIGNE’S ESSAYS HE OPENED THE LETTER TO THE READER BY COMMEMORATING HIS “OLD FELLOW NOLANO” AND IN THE SECOND EDITION OF HIS DICTIONARY HE MENTIONED ALL GIORDANO BRUNO’S WORKS.

JOHN FLORIO HAD THE LUCK AND CHANCE TO MEET AND LIVE WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN FOR 3 YEARS, AND WAS INEVITABLY INFLUENCED BY HIM. HE NEVER FORGOT BRUNO.

AND, GUESS WHAT, SHAKESPEARE TOO.

I HAVE SHOWED YOU IN THE PAST VIDEOS THAT SHAKESPEARE WAS DEEPLY INFLUENCED BY GIORDANO BRUNO AND WE FIND BRUNO’S REVOLUTONARY IDEAS IN SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS, LIKE LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST AND HAMLET.

WHEN GIORDANO BRUNO DIED BURNT AT THE STAKE IN CAMPO DEI FIORI IN ROME, SHAKESPEARE AND FLORIO WERE DEEPLY SHOCKED AND DEVASTATED.

BUT HOW THEY KNEW ABOUT HIS DEATH?

A LETTER CONCERNING BRUNO’S DEATH AND THE DETAILED INFORMATION OF HIS EXECUTION WAS FOUND IN THE OFFICE OF ROBERT DEVEREUX, THE EARL OF ESSEX.

DEVEREUX WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF JOHN FLORIO. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT FLORIO KNEW ABOUT THE SAD FATE OF HIS DEAR FRIEND THROUGH HIM.

BUT ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACT IS THAT WHEN SHAKESPEARE KNEW ABOUT BRUNO’S TERRIBLE DEATH, HE DECIDED TO WRITE A POEM.

THIS POEM IS THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE.


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