Concetti Chiave
- Shakespeare may have been born in Messina as Michelangelo Florio Crollalanza, according to Professor Martino Iuvara.
- The name Crollalanza translates to Shakespeare, suggesting a direct connection between the two identities.
- Michelangelo's family fled to Treviso due to the Inquisition's pursuit of his father for heretical ideas.
- Michelangelo studied in various Italian cities and traveled across Europe, forming connections with notable figures like Giordano Bruno.
- Under the patronage of English nobility, Michelangelo moved to England, adopting the name William Shakespeare after a local family's deceased son.
Origini di Shakespeare
Shakespeare was born in Stratford, in 1564. His father John was a successful local businessman and his mother Mary Arden was of a good country family. But Professor Martino Iuvara, 71, a retired teacher of literature, claims that he was Sicilian, born in Messina as Michelangelo Florio Crollalanza, and fled to London because of the Holy Inquisition, changing his name to its English equivalent.
Crollalanza or Crollalancia literally translates as Shakespeare. In an interview with the magazine Oggi yesterday, Professor Iuvara said that the key to the mystery was 1564, the year John Calvin died in Geneva.
Fuga e rifugio
It was the year that Michelangelo was born in Messina of a doctor, Giovanni Florio, and a noblewoman named Guglielma Crollalanza, both of whom had Calvinist sympathies. The Inquisition was on the trail of Dr Florio because of his heretical ideas, and the family fled to Treviso, near Venice, buying Casa Otello, built by a retired Venetian mercenary called Otello (Othello) who, to local legend, killed his wife out of misplaced jealousy.
Studi e viaggi
Michelangelo studied in Venice, Padua, and Mantua, and travelled in Denmark, Greece, Spain, and Austria. He was befriended by the philosopher Giordano Bruno, who was to be burnt at the stake for heresy in 1600.
Bruno, Professor Iuvara says, had strong links with William Herbert, the Earl of Pembroke, and the Earl of Southampton. In 1588, aged 24, Michelangelo went to England under their patronage.
Connessioni e identità
His mother, Signora Crollalanza, had an English cousin at Stratford, who took the boy in. The Stratford branch had already translated their name as Shakespeare, and had a son called William, who died prematurely. Michelangelo, the professor says, simply took over the name for himself, becoming William Shakespeare.
Fifteen of the Bard's 37 plays have an Italian background.
Domande da interrogazione
- Qual è l'origine controversa di Shakespeare secondo il Professor Iuvara?
- Quali sono le connessioni di Michelangelo Florio Crollalanza con l'Inghilterra?
- Quali influenze culturali e accademiche ha avuto Michelangelo durante i suoi studi e viaggi?
Secondo il Professor Iuvara, Shakespeare sarebbe nato a Messina come Michelangelo Florio Crollalanza e avrebbe cambiato il suo nome in Inghilterra per sfuggire all'Inquisizione.
Michelangelo aveva un cugino inglese a Stratford che lo accolse, e adottò il nome Shakespeare, già tradotto dalla famiglia inglese, dopo la morte prematura di un loro figlio chiamato William.
Michelangelo studiò a Venezia, Padova e Mantova, e viaggiò in Danimarca, Grecia, Spagna e Austria, stringendo amicizia con il filosofo Giordano Bruno e ricevendo il patrocinio di nobili inglesi.