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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... court . Its site was normally a city , albeit sometimes a small one such as Urbino . The function of a medieval court was to guard the king and his government and to secure advice from powerful dependents , whom the ruler bound to his ...
... COURT SINGER Laura Peverara ( flourished 1580s ) was one of the earliest representatives of a late Renaissance novelty , the female court musician . Passionate about music and po- etry , Duke Alfonso wanted to entertain his court at ...
... court we know fairly well from paintings , written accounts of celebrations , and manuals by dancing masters . Elite dance both fed off and fed a vital popular tradition , one we can see far less well . At its most flamboyant , court ...
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 |