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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... streets were easier to follow ; linking gates and major squares , they cut through the mazes without too many turns . Then the Renaissance , with its nas- cent passion for rational geometry , imposed a new urban planning . 10 The ...
... street corners or sat in a little roadside shrine , where citizens paid their respects with small gifts and burning candles . These madonnas were legion ; Venice had more than four hundred of them.14 They discouraged blasphemy ...
... Streets , Taverns , and Brothels The house or palace was a prime site for play . The basic pleasures of eating ... street and of children playing out front , under female eyes . Another pleasure was just to soak up a view . In the ...
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 |