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Play in Renaissance Italy

About Play in Renaissance Italy

From comic verse to practical jokes, pornography to satire, acting to acrobatics, the Renaissance witnessed the flowering of play in all its forms. In the first wide-ranging and accessible introduction to play in Renaissance Italy, Peter Burke, celebrated historian of the Italian Renaissance, synthesizes over forty years' research, explores the various forms of play in this period, and offers an overview that reveals the many connections between its different domains. While play could be rough, the Church played an increasing role in determining acceptable and unacceptable forms of play, and, after campaigns against violence and obscenity, much of the licentiousness characteristic of the early Renaissance was tamed. This entertaining study of play reveals much about the culture of Renaissance Italy, and illuminates an essential element in human life.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781509543427
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 120
  • Published:
  • July 29, 2021
  • Dimensions:
  • 142x218x20 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 363 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: January 26, 2025

Description of Play in Renaissance Italy

From comic verse to practical jokes, pornography to satire, acting to acrobatics, the Renaissance witnessed the flowering of play in all its forms. In the first wide-ranging and accessible introduction to play in Renaissance Italy, Peter Burke, celebrated historian of the Italian Renaissance, synthesizes over forty years' research, explores the various forms of play in this period, and offers an overview that reveals the many connections between its different domains. While play could be rough, the Church played an increasing role in determining acceptable and unacceptable forms of play, and, after campaigns against violence and obscenity, much of the licentiousness characteristic of the early Renaissance was tamed.
This entertaining study of play reveals much about the culture of Renaissance Italy, and illuminates an essential element in human life.

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