Friendship, Love, and Trust in Renaissance Florence

by Dale Kent

Book Overview

The question of whether true friendship could exist in an era of patronage occupied Renaissance Florentines as it had the ancient Greeks and Romans whose culture they admired and emulated. Rather than attempting to measure Renaissance friendship against a universal ideal defined by essentially modern notions of disinterestedness, intimacy, and sincerity, in this book Dale Kent explores the meaning of love and friendship as they were represented...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674031377
• ISBN13: 9780674031371
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.0"