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Author Kent, D. V. (Dale V.), author

Title Friendship, love, and trust in Renaissance Florence / Dale Kent
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 268 pages) : illustrations
Series The Bernard Berenson lectures on the Italian Renaissance
Bernard Berenson lectures on the Italian Renaissance
Villa I Tatti
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. What Did Friendship Mean? -- 2. Where Did Friends Meet? -- 3. Could Friends Be Trusted? -- Dramatis Personae -- Notes -- Index
Summary "The question of whether true friendship could exist in an era of patronage occupied Renaissance Florentines as it had the ancient Greeks and Romans whose culture they admired and emulated. Rather than attempting to measure Renaissance friendship against a universal ideal defined by essentially modern notions of disinterestedness, intimacy, and sincerity, in this book Dale Kent explores the meaning of love and friendship as they were represented in the fifteenth century, particularly the relationship between heavenly and human friendship." "She documents the elements of shared experience in friendships between Florentines of various occupations and ranks, observing how these were shaped and played out in the physical spaces of the city: the streets, street corners, outdoor benches and loggias, family palaces, churches, confraternal meeting places, workshops of artisans and artists, taverns, dinner tables, and the baptismal font."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-256) and index
Notes English
Print version
Subject Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence
Friendship -- Italy -- Florence -- History
Friendship -- Political aspects -- Italy -- Florence
Art, Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence -- Themes, motives
HISTORY -- Europe -- Italy.
Friendship -- Political aspects
Art, Renaissance -- Themes, motives
Friendship
Manners and customs
Politics and government
Renaissance
Italy.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
SUBJECT Florence (Italy) -- Social life and customs
Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85049203
Subject Italy -- Florence
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008026736
ISBN 9780674249233
0674249232