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Italian Social Customs of the Sixteenth Century
Italian Social Customs of the Sixteenth Century Author:Thomas Frederick Crane Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Provencal conception of Love introduced by the Troubadours into Italy— There undergoes two profound modifications—Chivalry never prevalent in Ita... more »ly—The city, not the castle, the seat of social life—New direction given to Italian lyrical poetry by Guido Guinicelli—Spiritual and mystic love of Dante —The introduction of Platonic philosophy into Italy—The Platonic Academy of Florence—Ficino's Convito—Alberti's Ecatomfila and Deifira—Firenzuola's Ragionamenti—Cattani da Diacetto's Tre Libri d'Amore and Panegirico alI' Amore—Pietro Bembo—His early life and education—Friendship for Lucrezia Borgia—Composition of Gli Asolani—Story of Catharine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus—The scene of Gli Asolani—Analysis of Gli Asolani—Equicola's Della Natura d'Amore—The Dialoghi d'Amore of Leone Hebreo—The Trattato dell'Amore Humano by Flaminio Nobili—-Fondness for the Dialogue in the Sixteenth Century—Tasso's Dialogues: // Cavaiiere amante e la Gentildonna amata; La Molza, o vero de I'Amore; and // Manso, o vero de I'Amicizia— Sperone Speroni's Dialogo de Amore—Tullia d'Aragona and her Dialogue on the Infinity of Love—Giuseppe Betussi's Dialogue // Raverta—"Questions" in // Raverta—-Betussi's Dialogo Amoroso—Domenichi's Dialogue on Love—Sanso- vino's Ragionamento—Vito de Gozze's Dialogo d'Amore detto Anthos—Employment of "Questions" in the Italian Academies—Origin and spread of Academies in Italy—Peculiar names of Academies and of their members—Devices of Academies—Twofold use of "Questions" in Italian Academies—The Florentine Academy—Benedetto Varchi—"Questions" in Varchi's Academic Lectures—"Questions" in the Academic Discourses of Anton Maria Salvini— Tasso's Conclusioni Amorose and Dialogue II Cataneo—Tasso's Discourse on Two Questions of Love—Died Paradossi degli Academici Intronati d...« less