See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

FRANCESCO See also:

• FRANCESCO BRACCIOLINI (1566-1645)

BRACCIOLINI (1566-1645)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PISTOIA
• PISTOIA, SYNOD OF

Pistoia, of a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• FAMILY

family, in 1566 . On his removing to See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence he was admitted into the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy there, and devoted himself to literature . At See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome he entered the service of See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal Maffeo See also:

• BARBERINI

Barberini, with whom he afterwards went to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement VIII. he returned to his own See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country; and when his See also:

• PATRON

patron Barberini was elected See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope, under the name of See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

Urban VIII., See also:

• BRACCIOLINI, FRANCESCO (1566-1645)

Bracciolini repaired to Rome, and was made secretary to the pope's See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Cardinal See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio . He had also the 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 conferred on him of taking a surname from the arms of the Barberini family, which were bees; whence he was after-wards known by the name of Bracciolini dell' Api . During Urban's pontificate the poet lived at Rome in considerile reputation, though at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was censured for his sordid avarice . On the death of the pontiff he returned to Pistoia, where he died in 1645 . There is scarcely any See also:

• SPECIES

species of See also:

• POETRY

poetry, epic, dramatic, See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral, lyric or See also:

• BURLESQUE (Ital. burlesco, from burla, a joke, fun, playful trick)

burlesque, which Bracciolini did not See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt; but he is principally noted for his See also:

• MOCK

mock-heroic poem Lo Schema degli Dei, published in 1618, similar but confessedly inferior to the contemporary See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• TASSONI, ALESSANDRO (1565-1635)

Tassoni, Secchia Rapita . Of his serious heroic poems the most celebrated is La Croce Raequistata . For the Italian humanist See also:

• POGGIO (1380-1459)

Poggio Bracciolini see Po0Gmo .