Renaissance humanist
Giovanni Battista Castiglione.
Italian Renaissance humanist (1516-1598)
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About Giovanni Battista Castiglione
Giovanni Battista Castiglione (1516–1598) was the Italian tutor of Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth I. It is speculated that he taught Prince (later King) Edward VI. A humanist reformer, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1556 by Elizabeth's sister, Mary I. Suspected of sedition, he was tortured so severely that he was left permanently lame. Later, he carried Elizabeth's letters when she herself was imprisoned in the Tower.
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- Renaissance humanist
- Born
- 1516
- Died
- 1598