The Fortunes of the Courtier: The European Reception of Castiglione's Cortegiano

by Peter Burke

Castiglione's Cortegiano, or the Courtier, is one of the best-known texts of the Italian Renaissance. When it first appeared in 1528, the Courtier was widely read as a guide to contemporary conduct. Its popularity led to its publication in six languages in twenty different European centers in the sixteenth century alone. While the text itself has been studied very carefully in recent years as the embodiment of the spirit of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271015179
• ISBN13: 9780271015170
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"