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The renaissance of marriage in fifteenth-century Italy
- Title
- The renaissance of marriage in fifteenth-century Italy / Anthony F. D'Elia.
- Author
- D'Elia, Anthony F., 1967-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 262 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Weddings in fifteenth-century Italian courts were grand, sumptuous affairs that often required guests to listen attentively to lengthy orations given in Latin. In this book, Anthony D'Elia shows how Italian humanists used these orations to support claims of legitimacy and assertions of superiority among families jockeying for power, as well as to advocate for marriage and sexual pleasure." "In bringing to life this elite culture, D'Elia makes a valuable contribution to the history of the Renaissance, women, and the family, and to studies of rhetoric and the classical tradition."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Harvard historical studies ; 146
- Uniform Title
- Harvard historical studies ; v. 146.
- Subject
- To 1500
- Marriage > Italy > History > To 1500
- Marriage customs and rites > Italy > History > To 1500
- Wedding speeches > Italy > History > To 1500
- Humanism > Italy > History > To 1500
- Renaissance > Italy
- 15.70 history of Europe
- Courts and courtiers
- Humanism
- Marriage
- Marriage customs and rites
- Renaissance
- Wedding speeches
- Hochzeit
- Huwelijkssluiting
- Humanisme (cultuurgeschiedenis)
- Marriage > Italy > History > 15th century
- Marriage customs and rites > Italy > History > 15th century
- Wedding speeches > Italy > History > 15th century
- Humanism > Italy > History > 15th century
- Hof
- Italy > Court and courtiers
- Italy
- Italien
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-251) and index.
- Contents
- Marriage and wisdom from antiquity to renaissance -- The revival of the ancient epithalamium in courtly weddings -- Weddings as propaganda: rhetoric and court culture -- The culture of marriage and sex in Italian courts -- Humanist criticisms of celibacy and the reformation.
- ISBN
- 0674015525
- 9780674015524
- LCCN
- 2004054328
- 99809665003
- OCLC
- ocm56592285
- 56592285
- SCSB-1353389
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library