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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... less advantaged rural majority . In theory , elite privileges entailed re- sponsibility , and Christian duty urged charitable benevolence toward dependents and the needy . Lords and tenants on occasion did look out for one another's ...
... less organized , and less informed . Their paltry powers of coercion barely overawed private violence . Consequently , social control fell less than today to states , towns , and officers and more to society itself , which used " self ...
... less controlled by urban governments . A serious feud could last for years or decades and draw in wide networks of allies . Vengeance and feud were less chaotic than they seem . Like petty quar- reling , feuding helped enforce order and ...
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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 |