WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Il Libro del Cortegiano or The Book of The Courtier was written by Count Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529), and was first published in vernacular Italian in 1528. The book provides a fascinating insight into Renaissance court life, and was the ultimate ‘how to’ guide for aspiring courtiers.

Detailed explanation-2: -TO STUDENTS: In the Book of the Courtier, Baldassare Castiglione aims to instruct young men on how to be an effective presence in the court of a ruler. Essentially, this is a handbook on gentlemanly behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -Twenty years in gestation, put through many revisions, the book, whose subject is the proper behavior of men and women at the courts of Renaissance princes, was written by Baldassare Castiglione, an aristocrat, soldier and diplomat who died, at age 50, less than a year after publication of his magnum opus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Count Baldassare Castiglione, a sixteenth-century Italian diplomat, combined this ideal with new Renaissance ideals in a book called The Courtier. As the title implies, Castiglione was writing for the people in the courts of the nobility, but his ideas did influence the middle class merchants and craftsmen.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Book of the Courtier (Italian: Il Cortegiano [il korteˈdʒaːno]) by Baldassare Castiglione is a lengthy philosophical dialogue on the topic of what constitutes an ideal courtier or (in the third chapter) court lady, worthy to befriend and advise a Prince or political leader.