Bandello, Matteo

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• BANDELLO, Matteo — (1485 1561) Matteo Bandello was a Dominican priest and courtier whose life and novelle reveal the vicissitudes of the tumultuous political environment of sixteenth century Italy. Bandello, born in Castelnuovo Scrivia in Lombardy, was educated… …   Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary

• Bandello, Matteo — ▪ Italian author and bishop born 1485, Castelnuovo Scrivia, duchy of Milan [Italy] died 1561, Agen, France       Italian writer whose Novelle (stories) started a new trend in 16th century narrative literature and had a wide influence in England,… …   Universalium

• Bandello, Matteo — (1485 1561)    Italian courtier and author, born in Lombardy. He entered the Dominican order at Genoa about 1504 but eventually abandoned his monastic vows and pursued a career as court poet at the princely courts of Ferrara and Mantua and in the …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Matteo Bandello — (French: Mathieu Bandel) (c. 1480 – 1562) was an Italian writer. Biography Matteo Bandello was born at Castelnuovo Scrivia, near Tortona (current Piedmont), c. 1480 or 1485. He received a good education, and entered the church, but does not seem… …   Wikipedia

• Bandello — Matteo Bandello (* um 1485 (1480?) in Castelnuovo Scrivia, Italien; † 1561 (1565?) in Agen, Frankreich) war ein italienischer Dichter. Bandello wurde zwar Dominikanermönch, führte jedoch ein wechselvolles, wenig priesterliches Leben: er war… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Matteo Bandello —     Matteo Bandello     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Matteo Bandello     Born at Castelnuovo di Scrivia in Piedmont, Italy, in 1480; died Bishop of Agen, France, in 1565. [According to other sources, he was born in 1485 and died in 1561. Ed.] He… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Bandello — Bandello, Matteo, ital. Novellist, geb. 1485 in Castelnuovo (Provinz Alessandria), gest. nach 1561, ward zu Rom Dominikaner, lebte eine Zeitlang in Mantua (1537) als Lehrer der Lucrezia Gonzaga, zu deren Preis er ein Gedicht in elf Gesängen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• Bandello — Bandello, Matteo, geb. um 1480 zu Castelnuovo im Piemontesischen; wurde Dominicanermönch; als Anhänger der französischen Partei ging er, als Karl V. siegte u. die Spanier sein Eigenthum zerstörten, nach Frankreich, ward 1550 Bischof zu Agen,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• Bandello — Bandello, Matteo, ital. Novellendichter, geb. 1480 zu Castelnuovo in Piemont, Dominikanermönch, 1550 Bischof zu Agen in Frankreich, gest. 1562; schrieb schlüpfrige »Novelle« (1554 73 u.ö.; deutsch 1818 19) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

• Bandello — Bandello, Matteo, geb. 1480 zu Castelnuovo in Piemont, Dominikaner, Anhänger der Franzosen, floh vor Karl V. nach Frankreich, wo er Inhaber der Einkünste des Bisthums Agen wurde, st. 1582, Novellendichter, nach Bocaccio der beliebteste in Italien …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon