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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... knew the life of Jesus , as their age understood it . For them , to be Christian was to imitate the savior , or , like a musical string , to resonate in sympathy with his example . Jesus , who was God in human form , had suffered at the ...
... knew the insides of courtrooms from rich firsthand experience , for they often took part in proceedings , as plaintiffs , wit- nesses , guarantors , suspects , or victims of a civil suit . Their testimonies show that they usually ...
... knew well that in some way it came from swamps - whence their notion of mal aria , dank air that spread fever . The great campaigns to drain the swamps had the express goal not only to reclaim land for the plow but also to drive off ...
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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 |