Courts and Courtiers in Renaissance Northern Italy
«'Although in some ways a highly specialized collection this is also a suggestive and rewarding one deserving attention from scholars interested in the Italian contribution to European concepts of courtly manners.' Journal of Early Modern History '... an array of fascinating and detailed insights into the world portrayed so memorably by Castiglione and into the development of ideas and cultural attitudes in one of the crucial texts of the western canon.' Parergon»
The extraordinary cultural Renaissance in the northern Italian courts of the late 15th and early 16th centuries is the subject of this volume. It starts with Baldessar Castiglione's Book of the Courtier (1528) which encapsulates this sense of renewal: his experiences at court and their subsequent rewriting form the backbone of the work. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Routledge
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 350
- ISBN
- 9781138375529
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 22 x 15 cm
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«'Although in some ways a highly specialized collection this is also a suggestive and rewarding one deserving attention from scholars interested in the Italian contribution to European concepts of courtly manners.' Journal of Early Modern History '... an array of fascinating and detailed insights into the world portrayed so memorably by Castiglione and into the development of ideas and cultural attitudes in one of the crucial texts of the western canon.' Parergon»