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The Book of the Courtier
The Book of the Courtier
Author: Baldesar Castiglione, Charles S. Singleton (Translator)
The Book of the Courtier (1528) is a series of fictional conversations by courtiers of the Duke of Urbino that takes place in 1507, while Castiglione was himself attaché to the Duke. Today the Book remains the most reliable and illuminating account of Renaissance court life and of what it took to be the "Perfect Courtie...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385094214
ISBN-10: 0385094213
Publication Date: 8/3/1959
Pages: 387
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Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
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A compendium of manners and ideas representing the ideal Renaissance intriguer/diplomat--the complete man. A classic study, written in the form of imagined conversations among historical personages.


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