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The Book of the Courtier (Everyman's University Paperbacks) Book

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.Read More

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  • 0460118072
  • 9780460118071
  • Baldassare Castiglione
  • 28 November 1974
  • Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 341
  • New edition
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