A Renaissance Courtesy-book: Galateo of Manners & Behaviours by Giovanni Della Casa
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"A Renaissance Courtesy-book: Galateo of Manners & Behaviours" by Giovanni della Casa is a courtesy book published in 1558. This influential Renaissance guide teaches readers how to navigate everyday social situations with grace and charm. From table manners to conversation etiquette, della Casa offers practical advice on avoiding common social mistakes while maintaining attractive conduct. Written with dry humor and keen observation, the work became so popular that its title entered the
Italian language as a term for etiquette itself, influencing centuries of manners guides across Europe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Della Casa, Giovanni, 1503-1556 |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939 |
| Translator | Peterson, Robert, active 1576-1606 |
| Title | A Renaissance Courtesy-book: Galateo of Manners & Behaviours |
| Alternate Title | A Renaissance Courtesy-book: Galateo of Manners and Behaviours |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Galateo |
| Credits |
Produced by Chris Curnow, Jana Palkova, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 63.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | BJ: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion |
| Subject | Etiquette -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Courtesy -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 47993 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-47993-4 |
| Release Date | Jan 16, 2015 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 387 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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