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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... woman prestige , for a tanned skin betrayed lowly outdoor labor . A woman of high class could afford the luxury of an indoor life . Upper - class men , often darker thanks to their sports and soldiering , were often charmed by the ...
... woman was expected to express her self - control in countless words and gestures . She was , for instance , to cast down her eyes , rein in her move- ments , bridle her tongue , curb her laughter , hide her chest and limbs , and shun ...
... woman supped on artichokes at her sister's house . Food pleased the palate and filled the belly ; drink warmed the blood and left a pleas- ant alcoholic buzz ; rest soothed drained limbs and tired brains . Mean- while , sociability ...
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 |