The book of the courtier
Original title: The courtier (Il cortegiano)
Also published as: How to achieve true greatness
first published 1724 BUR Biblioteca Univerzale Rizzoli, 2002 416 pages
[Everyman's university library]
"The Book of the Courtier (1528) is a series of fictional conversations by courtiers of the Duke of Urbino that take place in 1507, when Baldesar Castiglione was himself attache to the Duke. Today, the Book of the Courtier remains the most illuminating account of court life and its culture in the Renaissance and of what it took to be the "Perfect Courtier" and "Court Lady." The text of this Norton Critical Edition is...
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