Floruit ( / ˈ f l ɔːr u . ɪ t / ; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor. ; from Latin for " flourished ") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished.
4-707: Nicol Burne ( fl. 1574–1598) was a Scottish Roman Catholic controversialist. Burne told Thomas Smeaton in Paisley that he wished to defend Catholic doctrines before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . Smeaton excommunicated him, and Burne was arrested. He was confined in St Andrews Castle , and then taken to the Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh . He remained there from 15 October 1580 to
8-522: A record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)", even though Jones was born before 1197 and died possibly after 1229. The term is often used in art history when dating the career of an artist. In this context, it denotes the period of the individual's known artistic activity, which would generally be after they had received their training and, for example, had begun signing work or being mentioned in contracts. In some cases, it can be replaced by
12-617: Is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb flōreō , flōrēre "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun flōs , flōris , "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204 and 1229, as well as
16-473: The end of January 1581. He was then exiled. Burne is known through his Disputation published in 1581 in Paris. In the epistle to the reader, Burne states that he was brought up a Calvinist . The work repeats slurs against John Knox and continental Protestant reformers. This biography of a Scottish religious figure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Floruit Latin : flōruit
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