The Book of the Courtier
An insider's view of court life and culture during the Renaissance, here is the handiwork of a 16th-century diplomat who was called upon to resolve the differences in a war of etiquette among the Italian nobility. The ultimate resource on aristocratic manners, it remains the most definitive...
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An insider's view of court life and culture during the Renaissance, here is the handiwork of a 16th-century diplomat who was called upon to resolve the differences in a war of etiquette among the Italian nobility. The ultimate resource on aristocratic manners, it remains the most definitive account of life among the Renaissance nobility.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486427027 (0486427021)
Publish date: May 2nd 2003
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 470
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
Medieval,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Italian Literature,
16th Century
I had to read this for a graduate class. Some of it was interesting, but the Renaissance style of rhetoric is just so drawn out. It gets old fast. It's a great resource for teaching students about the values of the court system, though.
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