Giordano Bruno: an introduction

Preliminary Material -- PLEASANT CAMPANIA: EDUCATION BEFORE AND IN THE CONVENT -- FLEEING INTO EXILE—NORTHERN ITALY, GENEVA, TOULOUSE: ASTRONOMY AS A MEANS OF EARNING A LIVING -- PARIS: THE POWER OF MEMORY -- OFF TO LONDON: SATIRE, METAPHYSICS, AND ETHICS IN ITALIAN -- GOD IS NOT IDLE: INFINITE POSSIBILITIES AND INFINITE REALITY -- RELIGION AND ETHICS FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE HERO -- RETURN TO PARIS: CHALLENGING MATHEMATICS AND ARISTOTELIANISM -- "HOUSES OF WISDOM" IN GERMANY: HISTORY, MAGIC, AND ATOMISM -- OFF TO VENICE: THE TRIAL OF THE HERETIC -- AFTERLIFE: FROM HERETIC TO HERMETICIST -- CHRONOLOGY -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX -- VIBS.