How Long to Read Courts and Courtiers in Renaissance Northern Italy

How Long Does it Take to Read Courts and Courtiers in Renaissance Northern Italy?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 48 minutes to read Courts and Courtiers in Renaissance Northern Italy by Stephen Kolsky

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Description

The extraordinary cultural Renaissance in the northern Italian courts of the late 15th and early 16th centuries is the subject of this volume. It starts with Baldessar Castiglione's Book of the Courtier (1528) which encapsulates this sense of renewal: his experiences at court and their subsequent rewriting form the backbone of the work. The author then addresses questions of biography, gender, genre, and the varied roles of the courtier, expanding the perspective of Castiglione's text to include the lives and writings of other courtiers and patrons. What was it like to be a courtier? What were the problems associated with such a lifestyle? The importance of women in court circles is also highlighted in studies of one of the most notable of female patrons Isabella d'Este (1474-1539) and of the theoretical developments in writing about gender, stimulated by such women. Stephen Kolsky's analysis of both well-known and comparatively obscure texts brings out the diversity of practices that constituted court society and their centrality to our understanding of the Renaissance.

How long is Courts and Courtiers in Renaissance Northern Italy?

Courts and Courtiers in Renaissance Northern Italy by Stephen Kolsky is 338 pages long, and a total of 87,204 words.

This makes it 114% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Courts and Courtiers in Renaissance Northern Italy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 56 minutes to read Courts and Courtiers in Renaissance Northern Italy aloud.

What Reading Level is Courts and Courtiers in Renaissance Northern Italy?

Courts and Courtiers in Renaissance Northern Italy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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