The Book Of The Courtier

Publisher : Good Press
Release Date : 2022-08-21
ISBN :
Pages : 391 pages
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Download or read book The Book of the Courtier written by Baldassarre conte Castiglione and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-08-21 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Book of the Courtier" by Baldassarre conte Castiglione (translated by Leonard Eckstein Opdycke). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

The Book of the Courtier

by Baldesar Castiglione

Publisher : Penguin UK
Release Date : 2004-04-29
ISBN : 0141916516
Pages : 368 pages
Rating Book: 4.4/5 (141 users)

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Download or read book The Book of the Courtier written by Baldesar Castiglione and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-04-29 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Book of the Courtier (1528), Baldesar Castiglione, a diplomat and Papal Nuncio to Rome, sets out to define the essential virtues for those at Court. In a lively series of imaginary conversations between the real-life courtiers to the Duke of Urbino, his speakers discuss qualities of noble behaviour - chiefly discretion, decorum, nonchalance and gracefulness - as well as wider questions such as the duties of a good government and the true nature of love. Castiglione's narrative power and psychological perception make this guide both an entertaining comedy of manners and a revealing window onto the ideals and preoccupations of the Italian Renaissance at the moment of its greatest splendour.

The Book of the Courtier

by Baldesar Castiglione

Publisher :
Release Date : 2012-09
ISBN : 9781781391860
Pages : 380 pages
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Download or read book The Book of the Courtier written by Baldesar Castiglione and published by . This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of the Courtier (Il Cortegiano), describing the behaviour of the ideal courtier (and court lady) was one of the most widely distributed books in the 16th century. It remains the definitive account of Renaissance court life. This edition, Thomas Hoby's 1561 English translation, greatly influenced the English ideal of the "gentleman." Baldesar Castiglione was a courtier at the court of Urbino, at that time the most refined and elegant of the Italian courts. Practising his principles, he counted many of the leading figures of his time as friends, and was employed on important diplomatic missions. He was a close personal friend of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael, who painted the sensitive portrait of Castiglione on the cover of this edition.

The Book of the Courtier

by Baldassare Castiglione

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Release Date : 2014-07-18
ISBN : 9781781394274
Pages : 380 pages
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Download or read book The Book of the Courtier written by Baldassare Castiglione and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-18 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of the Courtier (Il Cortegiano), describing the behaviour of the ideal courtier (and court lady) was one of the most widely distributed books in the 16th century. It remains the definitive account of Renaissance court life. This edition, Thomas Hoby's 1561 English translation, greatly influenced the English ideal of the "gentleman." Baldesar Castiglione, a courtier at the court of Urbino, at that time the most refined and elegant of the Italian courts. Practising his principles, counted many of the leading figures of his time as friends, and was employed on sensitive diplomatic missions. He was a close personal friend of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael, who painted the sensitive portrait of Castiglione on the cover of this edition. Also available in hardcover. (isbn 9781781391860)

The Book of the Courtier: A Historic Guide to Manners and Etiquette in the Royal Courts of Renaissance Europe (Hardcover)

by Baldassare Castiglione

Publisher : Lulu.com
Release Date : 2018-08-28
ISBN : 9781387895380
Pages : 244 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (895 users)

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Download or read book The Book of the Courtier: A Historic Guide to Manners and Etiquette in the Royal Courts of Renaissance Europe (Hardcover) written by Baldassare Castiglione and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of the Courtier, Baldassare Castiglione's classic account of Renaissance court life, offers profound insight into the refined behavior which defined the era's ruling class. The courtly customs and manners of Italy to a great extent characterized the Renaissance, which elevated art and expression to new heights. Baldassare Castiglione published this book with the intention of chronicling the manners, customs and traditions which underpinned how courtiers, nobles, and their servants, behaved. Although ostensibly a book of etiquette and good conduct, Castiglione's treatise carries enormous historical value. He derived his observations directly from the many gatherings and receptions conducted by society's elite. Conversations with the officials, diplomats and nobility of the era further enhanced the accuracy of this book, imbuing it with an authenticity seldom seen elsewhere.

The Book of the Courtier

by conte Baldassarre Castiglione

Publisher : Anchor
Release Date : 1959
ISBN :
Pages : 387 pages
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Download or read book The Book of the Courtier written by conte Baldassarre Castiglione and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1959 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider's view of court life and culture during the Renaissance, The Book of the Courtier is the handiwork of a diplomat who was called upon to resolve the differences in a war of etiquette among the Italian nobility. Set in 1507, when Castiglione was an attache to the Duke of Urbino, the book consists of a series of fictional conversations between members of the Duke's retinue, who discuss the virtues and conduct of the ideal courtier. Translated into many languages after its 1528 publication, it became the ultimate resource on aristocratic manners, offering sixteenth-century readers a manual on how to behave. Today, it remains the most definitive account of life among the Renaissance nobility.

The Book of the Courtier from the Italian of Count Baldassare Castiglione

by conte Baldassarre Castiglione

Publisher :
Release Date : 1900
ISBN :
Pages : 377 pages
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Download or read book The Book of the Courtier from the Italian of Count Baldassare Castiglione written by conte Baldassarre Castiglione and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier (Il Libro Del Cortegiano)

by Olga Zorzi Pugliese

Publisher : Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane
Release Date : 2008
ISBN :
Pages : 388 pages
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Download or read book Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier (Il Libro Del Cortegiano) written by Olga Zorzi Pugliese and published by Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane. This book was released on 2008 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Book of the Courtier

by Baldesar Castiglione

Publisher :
Release Date : 2016-12-06
ISBN : 9781519086952
Pages : 276 pages
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Download or read book The Book of the Courtier written by Baldesar Castiglione and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of the Courtier is the definitive account of Renaissance court life. First printed in Venice in 1528 it rapidly became the go to book for young men and women who were looking to become the perfect courtiers and ladies. One of the most widely distributed books of the 16th century, it had editions printed in six languages. Written in the form of a dialogue it captures conversations between some of the most influential courtiers of sixteenth century Italy, including the Venetian scholar Pietro Bembo, Guiliano de Medici who was at that time exiled from Florence, Elisabetta Gonzaga, wife of Guidobaldo di Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, and many more. Their conversation, set at the court of Urbino in 1507, was spread over four evening where each member attempted to describe the perfect gentleman of the court, in the process debating the nature of nobility, humor, women and love. During the first evening they discuss whether a courtier should be militaristic or literary. The second evening involves a discussion of the courtier's pastimes and manners. The third covers what it is to be a perfect Renaissance lady of the court, and the fourth discusses the role that the courtier should have in politics. The Book of the Courtier remains a fascinating work for understanding the Renaissance court. The British historian Denys Hay stated that it was "The most important single contribution to a diffusion of Italian values". Baldesar Castiglione, count of Casatico, was an Italian courtier, diplomat and soldier. The Book of the Courtier was his most famous work as an author. He frequently worked closely with the popes of the age, fighting in Pope Julius II's expedition against Venice and serving as Apostolic nuncio to Spain for Pope Clement VII. He eventually died in Spain at the age of fifty in 1529. The translator of this edition was Leonard Eckstein Opdycke who died in 1914. This edition was published in 1903.

The Book of the Courtier

by Baldasarre Castiglione

Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Release Date : 2000-03-23
ISBN : 9781840221138
Pages : 432 pages
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Download or read book The Book of the Courtier written by Baldasarre Castiglione and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 2000-03-23 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plutarch of Chaeronea is one of the great story-tellers of antiquity, a writer whose ability to create unforgettable scenes matches the grandeur of his subject matter. The heroes of his Lives were the great men of antiquity, often greatly flawed, but with tragic depth and epic stature.

Sexuality and Gender in Early Modern Europe

by James Grantham Turner

Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1993-08-05
ISBN : 9780521446051
Pages : 368 pages
Rating Book: 4.4/5 (446 users)

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Download or read book Sexuality and Gender in Early Modern Europe written by James Grantham Turner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-08-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of sexuality and gender in Renaissance art, literature, and society.

The Fortunes of the Courtier

by Peter Burke

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-04-29
ISBN : 0745665845
Pages : 222 pages
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Download or read book The Fortunes of the Courtier written by Peter Burke and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-29 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to understand the different readings of Castiglione's Cortegiano or Book of the Courtier from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.

Conduct Books and the History of the Ideal Woman

by Tabitha Kenlon

Publisher : Anthem Press
Release Date : 2020-03-31
ISBN : 1785273159
Pages : 220 pages
Rating Book: 4.8/5 (785 users)

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Download or read book Conduct Books and the History of the Ideal Woman written by Tabitha Kenlon and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The longest-running war is the battle over how women should behave. “Conduct Books and the History of the Ideal Woman” examines six centuries of advice literature, analyzing the print origins of gendered expectations that continue to inform our thinking about women’s roles and abilities. Close readings of numerous conduct manuals from Britain and America, written by men and women, explain and contextualize the legacy of sexism as represented in prescriptive writing for women from 1372 to the present. While existing period-specific studies of conduct manuals consider advice literature within the society that wrote and read them, “Conduct Books and the History of the Ideal Woman” provides the only analysis of both the volumes themselves and the larger debates taking place within their pages across the centuries. Combining textual literary analysis with a social history sensibility while remaining accessible to expert and novice, this book will help readers understand the on-going debate about the often-contradictory guidelines for female behavior.

God's Court and Courtiers in the Book of the Watchers

by Philip Francis Esler

Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2017-11-06
ISBN : 1625649088
Pages : 246 pages
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Download or read book God's Court and Courtiers in the Book of the Watchers written by Philip Francis Esler and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Enoch is an ancient Judean work that inaugurated the genre of apocalypse. Chapters 1–36 tell the story of the descent of angels called “Watchers” from heaven to earth to marry human women before the time of the flood, the chaos that ensued, and God’s response. They also relate the journeying of the righteous scribe Enoch through the cosmos, guided by angels. Heaven, including the place and those who dwell there (God, the angels, and Enoch), plays a central role in the narrative. But how should heaven be understood? Existing scholarship, which presupposes “Judaism” as the appropriate framework, views the Enochic heaven as reflecting the temple in Jerusalem, with God’s house replicating its architecture and the angels and Enoch functioning like priests. Yet recent research shows the Judeans constituted an ethnic group, and this view encourages a fresh examination of 1 Enoch 1–36. The actual model for heaven proves to be a king in his court surrounded by his courtiers. The major textual features are explicable in this perspective, whereas the temple-and-priests model is unconvincing. The author was a member of a nontemple, scribal group in Judea that possessed distinctive astronomical knowledge, promoted Enoch as its exemplar, and was involved in the wider sociopolitical world of their time.

The Book of the Courtier

Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Release Date : 2014-08-07
ISBN : 9781498160643
Pages : 434 pages
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Download or read book The Book of the Courtier written by and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1900 Edition.

The Book of the Courtier from the Italian of Count Baldassare Castiglione

by Baldassarre Castiglione

Publisher : Franklin Classics
Release Date : 2018-10-07
ISBN : 9780341797647
Pages : 466 pages
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Download or read book The Book of the Courtier from the Italian of Count Baldassare Castiglione written by Baldassarre Castiglione and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-07 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Shakespeare and the Italian Renaissance

by Professor Michele Marrapodi

Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2014-12-28
ISBN : 1472448413
Pages : 389 pages
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Download or read book Shakespeare and the Italian Renaissance written by Professor Michele Marrapodi and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-12-28 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare and the Italian Renaissance investigates the works of Shakespeare and his fellow dramatists from within the context of the European Renaissance and, more specifically, from within the context of Italian cultural, dramatic, and literary traditions, with reference to the impact and influence of classical, coeval, and contemporary culture. In contrast to previous studies, the critical perspectives pursued in this volume’s tripartite organization take into account a wider European intertextual dimension and, above all, an ideological interpretation of the 'aesthetics' or 'politics' of intertextuality. Contributors perceive the presence of the Italian world in early modern England not as a traditional treasure trove of influence and imitation, but as a potential cultural force, consonant with complex processes of appropriation, transformation, and ideological opposition through a continuous dialectical interchange of compliance and subversion.