MATTEO See also:

• MATTEO BANDELLO (1480-1562)

BANDELLO (1480-1562)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian novelist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Castelnuovo, near See also:

• TORTONA (anc. Dertona)

Tortona, about the See also:

• YEAR

year 1480 . He received a very careful See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and entered the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, though he does not seem to have prosecuted his theological course with See also:

• GREAT

great zeal . For many years he resided at See also:

• MANTUA (Ital. Mantova)

Mantua, and superintended the education of the celebrated Lucrezia See also:

• GONZAGA
• GONZAGA, THOMAZ ANTONIO (1744-1809)

Gonzaga, in whose See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour he composed a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long poem . The decisive See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia, which gave See also:

• LOMBARDY

Lombardy into the hands of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, compelled Bandellb to See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly; his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan was burnt and his See also:

• PROPERTY

property confiscated . He took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge with Cesare Fregoso, an Italian See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French service, whom he accompanied into See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . In 1550 he was raised to the bishopric of See also:

• AGEN

Agen, a See also:

• TOWN

town in whichhe resided for many years before his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1562 . See also:

• BANDELLO, MATTEO (1480-1562)

Bandello wrote a number of poems, but his fame rests entirely upon his extensive collection of Novelle, or tales (1554, 1573), which have been extremely popular . They belong to that See also:

• SPECIES

species of literature of which See also:

• BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI (1313-1375)

Boccaccio's Decameron and the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of See also:

• NAVARRE (Span. Navarra)

Navarre's Heptameron are, perhaps, the best known examples . The See also:

• COMMON

common origin of them all is to be found in the old French fabliaux, though some well-known tales are evidently Eastern, and others classical . Bandello's novels are esteemed the best of those written in See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of the Decameron, though Italian critics find See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault with them for See also:

• NEGLIGENCE (Lat. negligentia, from negligere, to neglect, literally " not to pick up ")

negligence and inelegance of See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . They have little value from a purely See also:

• LITERARY

literary point of view, and many of them are disfigured by the grossest See also:

• OBSCENITY (from the adjective " obscene," Lat. obscenus, evil-looking, filthy)

obscenity . Historically, however, they are of no little See also:

• INTEREST

interest, not only from the insight into the social See also:

• LIFE

life of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period which they afford, but from the important See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence they exercised on the Elizabethan See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama .

The stories on which See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare based several of his plays were supplied by Bandello, probably through Belleforest or See also:

• PAYNTER (or PAINTER), WILLIAM (c. 1540-1594)

Paynter .