Daily Life in Renaissance ItalyGreenwood Press, 2001 - 316 pagina's
Recipes, profiles of actual individuals, and over 40 illustrations help bring the period to life. Learn what they ate, what their homes were like, how they spent their leisure time, what their work was like, and much more. Modern readers will be surprised to find fundamental similarities between our lives today and the lives of these people living over 500 years ago, as well as to discover that many of the perceptions they may have of this time period are inaccurate. |
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... play blurred . Play , like work , had its varieties of timing ; it could choose its spontaneous moment or could honor the traditional festive calendar . It could improvise or follow deep customary tracks . Play included games , sports ...
... PLAY and Amusement Play had its special times . Holidays , both local and universal , stood out , as did those special occasions- Times for Leisure a peace , a coronation , a princely birth or wedding , a royal entry - when a town ...
... played pallone , a rough - and - tumble kind of football with shielded arms in play . These sports were male . Girls were more confined ; we see them less in outdoor pictures and know less about their games . They certainly played , but ...
Inhoudsopgave
From Birth Through Adolescence | 177 |
From Marriage Through Death | 199 |
Houses Food and Clothing | 215 |
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Daily Life in Renaissance Italy Elizabeth Storr Cohen,Thomas Vance Cohen Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2001 |