Daily Life in Renaissance Italy

Discover what life was like for ordinary people living in Renaissance Italy. How was their society organized? What were their homes like? What dangers did they face? These and other questions are answered in detail to provide the reader with a unique view of the world of the Italian Renaissance. A multitude of settings and socioeconomic backgrounds are presented, from urban life to country life, from upper-class to peasant-class, to paint a full portrait of the different existence of the people of this culture.

List of contents

-- Italy in the Renaissance -- Society: Who Was Who -- Dangers -- Family and Other Solidarities -- Hierarchies -- Moralities: Honor and Religion -- Keeping Order -- Media, Literacy, and Schooling -- Spaces -- Time -- Life Cycles: From Birth Through Adolescence -- Life Cycles: From Marriage Through Death -- Houses, Food, and Clothing -- Disease and Healing -- Work -- Play -- Last Words -- Notes -- Resources and Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth S. Cohen, Elizabeth Storr Cohen, Thomas V. Cohen
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2001
• EAN: 9780313304262
• ISBN: 978-0-313-30426-2
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 245 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Daily Life Through History; Daily Life through History
• Subject: Non-fiction book