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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... religious and moral systems . Aside from a Jewish minority , all were believing Catholics . Together they prac- ticed a religion that offered a comprehensive vision of society , history , nature , and the universe , as well as a code of ...
... Religion also coun- teracted hierarchy and reminded Italians that they had obligations out- side their alliances . Not only did religion mitigate the everyday ; it also opposed it . Thus Christianity could offer utopian moments of ...
... religion , work , and , for some , intellectual skills . Religion was the fundamental knowledge shared , though in many forms , by all Renaissance Christians of whatever social rank . So perva- sive was it that youngsters must have ...
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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 |