CORE-UA 403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Elisabetta Gonzaga, Human Nature, Federico Da Montefeltro
18 Nov 2020
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The book of the courtier divided into 4 books. Very necessary and profitatable for young gentlemen and gentil-women abiding. November 4, 2020 in court, palaiceor place, done into englysheby thomas ho-by. Imprinted at london by william seresat the sign of the hedg-hogge, 1561. Each of the four books is the transcript of four nights of lively discussion among a loving circle of friends and colleagues, all of them real and well-known courtly circle in the ducal palace of urbino. Book two is all about wit and jokes, part of the courtier"s education. So, we could put this on the shelf with joke books, of which there were more than a few at the time. Duke federico da montefeltro and his son guidobaldo, the current duke of the. The duchess elisabetta gonzaga, wife of guidobaldo da montefeltro. Julius ii (della rovere) - the warrior pope . Most of the participants are dead, as the book is published in 1528.
