Virtual Learning
Originally aired live December 8, 2020
Webinar: Classics Revisited – The Book of the Courtier by Castiglione
panelists + moderator
Professor Michael Sugrue
Ave Maria University, BA in History from the University of Chicago, M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University
Kristy Goebel
Bibliotheca
Attendee Responses + Information
A 16th century book of manners that has become a snapshot of what it was to be an ideal courtier. More than that however, Casiglione’s The Book of the Courtier is an open-ended philosophical discussion representing a nostalgic look at the disappearing courts of the High Renaissance. It is a fun, witty piece that explores a period less familiar from a writer of the age. Enjoy Professor Sugrue’s lecture and recorded Q&A.
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