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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... talk here of " Renaissance " society and mean social relations characteristic of the era of cultural rebirth . Yet we must keep in mind that most Italians of the time - shepherds , soldiers , wet- nurses , washerwomen , weavers ...
... talk . Economy With the usual regional variants , a lively economy sus- tained the states of Italy and fed , clothed , furnished , and housed their people . Renaissance Italy was commercially more advanced than most of Europe ...
... talk , do busi- ness , play , fight , pray - all these social traits , most of them readily visible in body and clothing , governed expectations and options . Access to re- sources - not only material and economic goods like food or ...
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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 |