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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... wet nurse , now a servant in her house . As the girl was an eager reader , Vespasiano paid court to her with a book in praise of vir- gins , alongside his more usual suitor's gifts of food and clothing . But , from what Innocentia told ...
... nurse they hired might try secretly to divide the milk between two . Thus , even with a wetnurse , it was hard to ensure that a steady supply of good milk would flow when and where it was needed . Although the wetnurse was hired for her ...
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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 |