The Book of the Courtier: A Historic Guide to Manners and Etiquette in the Royal Courts of Renaissance Europe by Baldassare Castiglione, Thomas Hoby

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

Baldassare Castiglione, Thomas Hoby

244 pages • missing pub info (view editions)

nonfiction classics literary adventurous slow-paced
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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 charac...

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