The Book of the Courtier EPUB
by Baldesar Castiglione
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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.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:29/04/2004
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- ISBN:9780141916514
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:29/04/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780141916514