What nationality was the author of The Troublesome Reign of King John?
The Troublesome Reign of King John The Troublesome Reign of King John (c. 1589) is an Elizabethan history play, probably by George Peele, that is generally accepted by scholars as the source and model that William Shakespeare employed for his own "King John" (c. 1596).
John Marchesinus John Marchesinus (called in Latin "Johannes Marchesinus" and in Italian "Giovanni Marchesini") was an Italian Franciscan friar, probably of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, who was the author of religious works.