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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 170.44
EAN: 9780486427027
ISBN: 0486427021
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 470
Publication Date: May 02, 2003
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications
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Editorial Review:
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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Rating:  - There was a Camelot
There really was a Camelot. But it was in Italy. Urbino in northern Italy to be exact, in the 1500s. Perched on top of a couple of hills in the region Le Marche, Urbino was ruled by the Montefeltro family. From 1444 to 1482 Federigo de Montefeltro skillfully steered his tiny domain through the rough storms of Italian Renaissance realpolitik. Federigo was a successful soldier of fortune yet maintained one of the largest libraries in Italy, spoke Latin, read Aristotle, helped orphans and in general ... Read More
Rating: - great read
This book is a wonderful treatise on the correct way for a courtier to behave in Renaissance Italy, and indeed in court life in general throughout Western Europe. Many of Castiglione's rules of behavior were applicable for the English or French courtier as well, so by no means should we look at this work as applying merely to Italian court life.
Also, from what I understand, Castiglione wrote the Book of the Courtier in 1528. That puts it in the fifteen hundreds, otherwise known as the ... Read More
Rating:  - Observations about life
Observations of life from an old world Italian gentleman.
Interesting aspects of life's nuances and the corrective measures people need tot ake according to the author.
Rating: - Enlightening look into Renaisance Society
Castiglione's "Courtier" is one of many books outlining protocol and proper behavior of the sophisticated elite. It might suffice to say that he was in some way the Emily Post of his era however, it seems that this work was more far reaching than this. The Courtier is a fascinating book that is actually more useful in studying the renaissance than Machiavelli's "The Prince" (which I do recommend as well) since its detail on why people should act as proscribed is directly taken from real events and ... Read More
Rating: - Readable and fresh-- not dry at all.
The Book of the Courtier is one of those books that you hear frequently cited, but rarely actually read. It seems a shame to me if it remains unread. I expected it to take me a while to wade through it. I expected it to be dense and difficult to penetrate. Instead, it read very quickly and easy. The prose was modern, lucid, and nearly compulsively readable.
The book is structured as a conversational game carried out the court of the Duke of Urbino in the rooms of his wife Elisabetta Gonzaga. ... Read More
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