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Book of the Courtier

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Book of the Courtier
Castiglione’s discussion of the manners of the perfect courtier (1528). [Ital. Lit.: EB, II: 622]
See : Chivalry
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Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier (Il libro del Cortegiano): a Classic in the Making.
Olga Zorzi Pugliese. Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier (Il libro ... by MacPhail, Eric / Italica
This new use of the studia humanitatis, drawing on the classical tradition and on Cicero in particular, was significantly mediated for Renaissance England by Castiglione's Book of the Courtier.
"Hac ex consilio meo via progredieris": courtly reading and ... by Brown, Piers / Renaissance Quarterly
By contrast, in The Book of the Courtier (1528), Baldassare Castiglione argues for the civilising process: for conversation, dancing and dress sense.
Baldassare Castiglione, Raphael (c1514-15) by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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