Baldassare Castiglione

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Baldassare Castiglione


Born
in near Casatico, margravate of Mantua
November 09, 1478

Died
January 03, 1529

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Best known Italian diplomat Count Baldassare Castiglione in 1528 wrote Il Cortegiano , which describes the perfect courtier.

Probably most famous prominent soldier Baldassarre Castiglione of Casatico in Renaissance authored the book. The very influential work, an example of a book, dealt with questions of the etiquette and morality in 16th-century European circles.

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Average rating: 3.6 · 2,943 ratings · 222 reviews · 76 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Book of the Courtier

3.62 avg rating — 2,798 ratings — published 1528 — 100 editions
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How to Achieve True Greatness

3.28 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1528 — 8 editions
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Il libro del Cortegiano - L...

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Il Libro del Cortegiano - L...

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Over goede smaak

2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1507 — 3 editions
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Vita di Guidubaldo duca di ...

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Tirsi

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Il Libro del Cortegiano - L...

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Rime

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De Balthassaris Castilionis...

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“Practise in everything a certain nonchalance that shall conceal design and show that what is done and said is done without effort and almost without thought.”
Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier

“Outward beauty is a true sign of inner goodness. This loveliness, indeed, is impressed upon the body in varying degrees as a token by which the soul can be recognized for what it is, just as with trees the beauty of the blossom testifies to the goodness of the fruit.”
Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier

“Men demonstrate their courage far more often in little things than in great.”
Baldesar Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier

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