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The Renaissance of Marriage in Fifteenth-Century Italy
This chapter is in the book The Renaissance of Marriage in Fifteenth-Century Italy
© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments vii
  3. Contents ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1 Marriage and Wisdom from Antiquity to the Renaissance 11
  6. 2 The Revival of the Ancient Epithalamium in Courtly Weddings 35
  7. 3 Weddings as Propaganda 51
  8. 4 The Culture of Marriage and Sex in Italian Courts 83
  9. 5 Humanist Criticisms of Celibacy and the Reformation 117
  10. Conclusion 135
  11. A Finding-List for Wedding Orations in the Italian Renaissance 139
  12. Notes 181
  13. Index 253
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674271845-toc

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments vii
  3. Contents ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1 Marriage and Wisdom from Antiquity to the Renaissance 11
  6. 2 The Revival of the Ancient Epithalamium in Courtly Weddings 35
  7. 3 Weddings as Propaganda 51
  8. 4 The Culture of Marriage and Sex in Italian Courts 83
  9. 5 Humanist Criticisms of Celibacy and the Reformation 117
  10. Conclusion 135
  11. A Finding-List for Wedding Orations in the Italian Renaissance 139
  12. Notes 181
  13. Index 253
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