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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... Married women were generally known as the " wife of So - and - so " ( see Chapter 11 ) . Yet , although such names ... married couple and their children . This simple unit nonetheless varied greatly , as the life cycle and high mortality ...
... marriage often just ex- changed one obedience for another , it signaled a major break with earlier life . A wedding rearranged one's closest social relationships . Most adult Italians married . Elite families , for honor and thrift ...
... marriage . The average varied : between city and country , by social class , and over time . Although young brides were desirable , the fourteen - year - old Juliet of Shakespeare's play was unusual . No one was surprised by a married ...
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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 |