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Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Seventh Edition
Marvin Perry, Baruch College, City University of New York, Emeritus
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Chapter 13: The Renaissance
Courts and Courtiers- Renaissance courts were centers of power, patronage, and political intrigue. Family members, clients and would-be clients, ambassadors, and business partners all crowded around the prince hoping to gain his attention, protection, and favor. Reexamine Andrea Mantegna's fresco depicting the court of Ludovico Gonzanga on page 304, the excerpt from Machiavelli's The Prince on page 310, and the description of Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier on pages 312 and 313. When you're done, create a diary written by a courtier attached to the court of a powerful Renaissance prince. What were your obligations to the prince? What did you hope to receive in return? What skills and talents did you possess? What dangers and opportunities did court life present?
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