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The Book of the Courtier

by conte Baldassarre Castiglione

EN·~18 hours·15 chapters

Chapters

15 total

Transcriber’s Note:

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THE BOOK OF THE COURTIER BY COUNT BALDESAR CASTIGLIONE

1:54

TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE

9:27

LIST OF PLATES

4:31

INTERLOCUTORS

1:48

TO THE REVEREND AND ILLUSTRIOUSLORD DOM MIGUEL DE SILVA,BISHOP OF VISEU

13:31

THE FIRST BOOK OF THE COURTIER BY COUNT BALDESAR CASTIGLIONE

2:37:27

THE SECOND BOOK OF THE COURTIER BY COUNT BALDESAR CASTIGLIONE

3:46:47

THE THIRD BOOK OF THE COURTIER BY COUNT BALDESAR CASTIGLIONE

2:44:39

THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE COURTIER BY COUNT BALDESAR CASTIGLIONE

2:38:17

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Courtier

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Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United Kingdom: Duckworth & Co., 1901.

Credits

KD Weeks, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2022-04-08

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67799

Subjects

Courtesy -- Early works to 1800 Courts and courtiers -- Early works to 1800 BJ

About the author

conte Baldassarre Castiglione

1478–1529

A Renaissance diplomat, soldier, and writer, he is best remembered for shaping the ideal of the polished courtier in one of the most influential books of the 16th century. His work helped define manners, education, and elegant self-control for generations of European readers.

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