The Book of the Courtier,9780460875028

The Book of the Courtier

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ISBN13: 9780460875028
ISBN10: 0460875027
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-11-01
Publisher(s): Everymans Library
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Table of Contents

Note on the Author vii
Note on the Translator and Editor viii
Chronology of the Life and Times of Castiglione and Hoby x
Introduction xvii
List of Principal Speakers
xxxii
Note on the Text xxxvi
THE BOOK OF THE COURTYER
To the Reader
2(1)
Thomas Sackevylle
The Epistle of the Translator
3(7)
Thomas Hoby
A Letter of Syr J. Cheekes
10(2)
Thomas Hoby
The Epistle of the Author
12(7)
Count Baldassare Castiglione
The First Booke
19(78)
The Second Booke
97(110)
The Thirde Booke
207(82)
The Fourth Booke
289(76)
A Letter to the Lady Victoria Columna Marquess of Pescara by the Author
365(2)
The Chiefe Conditions and Qualities in a Courtier
367(5)
The Chief Conditions and Qualityes in a Waytyng Gentylwoman
372(3)
Notes 375(34)
Castiglione and His Critics 409(17)
Suggestions for Further Reading 426(1)
Acknowledgements 427

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