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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... mother's consumption of malmsey wine . One writer recommended intercourse in a virile setting , perfumed with musk and bedecked with paintings of valorous men . Typically Italians entered the world in the family home . One or several ...
... mother . Children sometimes developed an enduring affec- tion for their " milk mothers , " who retained a connection with the family through many years . More common , perhaps , was the experience of in- terrupted relationships ...
... mother say that they want revenge for the failed courtship . One day a stranger , also crazy , comes to Laura , claiming possession by the souls of two murdered men , and blaming Liso's mother . It is a hard case of multiple possession ...
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 |