1 Tamburlaine

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1st Friar (Jacomo)

Jacomo is one of the two friars from The Jew of Malta. He is a Dominican, since Abigail asks for a brother of St. Jacques in [III,3]. The first Dominicans in Paris moved into the Hospice Saint-Jacques, which was located in an important street on the French Way of St…

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2 Tamburlaine

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2nd Friar (Bernardine)

Bernardine is one of the two monks from The Jew of Malta. While it is clear from the text that Jacomo, the other devout friar, is a Dominican, his monastic order is not revealed. Based on the name, he could be a Cistercian. Saint Bernard de Clairvaux ensured that this…

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Abigail

The name means "joy of the father", which may well be meant sardonically in The Jew of Malta. She is mentioned twice in the Old Testament (2 Sam 17:25; 1 Chr 2:16-17) and is regarded as David’s sister or half-sister. While all the characters in Malta have ambiguous motives, Abigail…

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Achates

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Aeneas

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Agydas Magnetes

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Albert de Gondi, Duke de Retz

Albert de Gondi, Duke de Retz (* 4 November 1522; † 12 April 1602) was an important member of the French court and confidant of Caterina de' Medici as well as her sons. His mother Marie Catherine Gondi was the wife of a Florentine banker who had settled in Lyon….

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Alcidamus

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