R415thand16thA

Theme: Major Trends in Literature and Arts.

A. Castiglione's //The Courtier// (1528). Castiglione’s //The Courtier// (1528) was a treatise that sought to train, discipline, and fashion the young man into the ideal gentleman. Castiglione believed that the educated man of the upper class should have a broad background in many academic subjects, and his spiritual, and that his physical as well as intellectual capabilities should be trained. He believed the Courtier should be familiar with music, dance, and the arts. //The courtier// was widely read. It also influenced social mores and patterns of conduct of the elite groups in Renaissance and early modern Europe. //The Courtier// simply became a model of the European Gentlemen.

MLA: McKay, John P. __A History of Western Society__. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003