Machiavelli's tale appeared in an abbreviated version published by Giovanni Brevio in 1545. Giovanni Francesco Straparola included his own version as the fourth...

Machiavelli's text was however preceded by a shorter version, signed Giovanni Brevio and first printed 1545 as Novella di Belfagorx. In the 19th century...

Francesco Brevio (1498–1508) Marino Grimani (1508–1517) Domenico Grimani (1517–1520) Giovanni Grimani (1520–1531) Marino Grimani (1532–1540) Giovanni Grimani...

was born in or around Milan before 1730. She had a younger brother named Giovanni who, like her, settled in England and died there in 1795 at 65, after having...