The Renaissance of Marriage in Fifteenth-Century Italy. Harvard Historical Studies (146).

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Sehr gutes Exemplar / Very good copy. - Weddings in fifteenth-century Italian courts were grand, sumptuous affairs that often required guests to listen attentively to lengthy orations given in Latin. In this book, Anthony D�Elia shows how Italian humanists used these orations to support claims of legitimacy and assertions of superiority among families jockeying for power, as well as to advocate for marriage and sexual pleasure. Humanists stressed the value of marriage in practical terms as a means for consolidating wealth, forming political alliances, and maintaining power by providing heirs. They also presented women in a positive light, as helpmates md even examples of wisdom and learning. While D�Elia focuses on Italian courts, he also examines ideas about marriage and celibacy Torn antiquity to Republican Florence and Reformation Germany, revealing the continu- ties and distinctions between Italian humanist md Protestant thought on marriage. n bringing to life this fascinating elite culture, D�Elia makes a valuable contribution to the history of the Renaissance, women, and the family, md to studies of rhetoric and the classical tradition. ISBN 9780674015524