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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... common traits created affinity . Thus , with few ex- ceptions , they all spoke versions of a common language de- scended from the Latin of the ancient Romans . In the Renaissance they seldom called this tongue " Italian , " but rather ...
... common with the patricians except the tim- ing of their success . Theirs was new money . Profits came from sources ... common , if less imposing , figure than a banker of Medici stature . The lifestyle of such small - scale entrepreneurs ...
... common folk , they spoke Italian . They did not read their sermons , which went on for hours , but composed on the spot ; the preacher had a sense of route and desti- nation , but , like a good jazz musician , played off his own ...
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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 |