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1 online resource (1 audio file (720 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Nicholas Boulton. |
| Summary |
Set in the court of Urbino in 1507, Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier presents an invaluable look at court life and culture during the Renaissance. Over four nights of dialogue, the book explores the key question, 'What should a courtier be like?' and presents a deep and timeless discussion that is reminiscent of Plato's Symposium and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, and invites comparisons with Machiavelli's The Prince. It is absorbing and enlightening, and encompasses a wide range of topics that include dancing, fencing, war, religion, culture, courtly and corporeal love and gender relations, with a surprisingly modern defense of women and equal rights. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Courts and courtiers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Courts and courtiers -- Early works to 1800.
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Courtesy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Courtesy -- Early works to 1800.
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Cox, Virginia.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781781981252 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1781981256 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12058216 |
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