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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... male , forgave enemies and generously forbore vexation . The last chief virtue was courage . All these qualities , fundamentally male , descended from the ethics of the medieval warrior class . Women too might derive honor from their ...
... male honor intersected in the collective reputation of the house and family . Nothing so distilled the honor of males as their ca- pacity to keep their women chaste . The task fell first to fathers and hus- bands . Brothers and other ...
... male and female appearance . Hair styles , headgear , necklines , and the coverage of the lower body were among the sharpest markers . Basic male attire was a shirt and tunic with hose . The shirt , a loosely fitted linen garment worn ...
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 |