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The Book of the Courtier

George Bull, Baldesar Castiglione

Penguin
Publication date : 2004-04-29

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In The Book of the Courtier (1528), Baldesar Castiglione, a diplomat and Papal Nuncio to Rome, sets out to define the essential virtues for those at Court. In a lively series of imaginary conversations between the real-life courtiers to the Duke of Urbino, his speakers discuss qualities of noble behaviour - chiefly discretion, decorum, nonchalance and gracefulness - as well as wider questions such as the duties of a good government and the true nature of love. Castiglione's narrative power and psychological perception make this guide both an entertaining comedy of manners and a revealing window onto the ideals and preoccupations of the Italian Renaissance at the moment of its greatest splendour.

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Author

George Bull , Baldesar Castiglione

Imprint

Penguin

Collection

n.c

Publication date

2004-04-29

Pages

368 pages

Print ISBN

9780140441925

Language

English

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EAN EPUB

9780141916514

Price

£5.99

Copy count 36

Print count 36

File size 1894 Ko

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George Bull

Baldesar Castiglione

Castiglione was born in 1478 and a member of an ancient aristocratic family. A courtier throughout his life, his writings were always a secondary affair.
George Bull was an author and journlaist who translated six books for the Penguin Classics, including The Prince by Machiavelli. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was made a Knight Commander in 1999.

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