GIORDANO BRUNO.
Scientific Bias of the Italians checked by Catholic
Revival--Boyhood of Bruno--Enters Order of S. Dominic at
Naples--Early Accusations of Heresy--Escapes to Rome--Teaches the
Sphere at Noli--Visits Venice--At Geneva--At Toulouse--At
Paris--His Intercourse with Henri III.--Visits England--The French
Ambassador in London--Oxford--Bruno's Literary Work in
England--Returns to Paris--Journeys into Germany--Wittenberg,
Helmstaedt, Frankfort--Invitation to Venice from Giovanni
Mocenigo--His Life in Venice--Mocenigo denounces him to the
Inquisition--His Trial at Venice--Removal to Rome--Death by Burning
in 1600--Bruno's Relation to the Thought of his Age and to the
Thought of Modern Europe--Outlines of his Philosophy