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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... walked next to the wall . In broad streets , when three walked abreast , the middle had precedence , followed by the right , and then the left . " ALL THINGS IN PLAY TOGETHER The little ceremonies of daily life brimmed with expressions ...
... walked off with reputation's prize . Truth Telling and Honor One mark of male strength was the capacity to tell the truth . Honor and honesty vouched for one another . Ac- cordingly , the directest way to challenge a man was to call him ...
... walked or rode through cities , they felt the continual mod- ulation of their space . There was visual and kinesthetic drama in the passage from tight to open and from open back to tight . Few sights are more splendid than a great ...
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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 |