Daily Life in Renaissance Italy

Daily Life in Renaissance Italy

Author: Elizabeth Storr Cohen

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Discover what life was like for ordinary people in Renaissance Italy through this unique resource that paints a full portrait of everday living.


Everyday Life in Renaissance Times

Everyday Life in Renaissance Times

Author: Eric Russell Chamberlin

Publisher: London : B. T. Batsford ; New York : Putnam

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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Discusses the social background behind the cultural rebirth that was the Renaissance.


The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England

The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England

Author: Kathy Lynn Emerson

Publisher: Belgrave House

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 0974106879

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For the writer and anyone else interested in Renaissance England (1485-1649), this remarkable resource covers the day-to-day details: fashions, food, customs, family life, the Royal Court, law and punishment, holidays, city and rural living, seafaring and land occupations, alehouses, marriage, birth and death rituals—and a great deal more, written with authority in a wonderfully readable style. Included are bibliographies and internet addresses for further research. Nonfiction Historical Resource by Kathy Lynn Emerson; originally published by Writer’s Digest Books


Private Lives in Renaissance Venice

Private Lives in Renaissance Venice

Author: Patricia Fortini Brown

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0300102364

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"As the sixteenth century opened, members of the patriciate were increasingly withdrawing from trade, desiring to be seen as "gentlemen in fact" as well as "gentlemen in name." The author considers why this was so and explores such wide-ranging themes as attitudes toward wealth and display, the articulation of family identity, the interplay between the public and the private, and the emergence of characteristically Venetian decorative practices and styles of art and architecture. Brown focuses new light on the visual culture of Venetian women - how they lived within, furnished, and decorated their homes; what spaces were allotted to them; what their roles and domestic tasks were; how they dressed; how they raised their children; and how they entertained. Bringing together both high arts and low, the book examines all aspects of Renaissance material culture."--BOOK JACKET.


Life in a Medieval City

Life in a Medieval City

Author: Frances Gies

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-08-03

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 0062016679

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From acclaimed historians Frances and Joseph Gies comes the reissue of their classic book on day-to-day life in medieval cities, which was a source for George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series. Evoking every aspect of city life in the Middle Ages, Life in a Medieval City depicts in detail what it was like to live in a prosperous city of Northwest Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The year is 1250 CE and the city is Troyes, capital of the county of Champagne and site of two of the cycle Champagne Fairs—the “Hot Fair” in August and the “Cold Fair” in December. European civilization has emerged from the Dark Ages and is in the midst of a commercial revolution. Merchants and money men from all over Europe gather at Troyes to buy, sell, borrow, and lend, creating a bustling market center typical of the feudal era. As the Gieses take us through the day-to-day life of burghers, we learn the customs and habits of lords and serfs, how financial transactions were conducted, how medieval cities were governed, and what life was really like for a wide range of people. For serious students of the medieval era and anyone wishing to learn more about this fascinating period, Life in a Medieval City remains a timeless work of popular medieval scholarship.


Everyday Life in Renaissance Times

Everyday Life in Renaissance Times

Author: Antony Mason

Publisher: Black Rabbit Books

Published: 2005-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781583407103

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Traces developments in European art, architecture, music, theater, literature, science, warfare, and exploration during Renaissance times.