Lorenzo Magalotti at the court of Charles II :: his Relazione d'Inghilterra of 1668 /

In the late 1660s the English court received a visitor from Florence--Lorenzo Magalotti, an intelligent, sensitive writer and diplomat with a passion for observation and description. Magalotti had come from a state governed by an absolute grand duke to a kingdom engaged in a fierce struggle for poli...

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1. Verfasser: Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637-1712
Weitere Verfasser: Middleton, W. E. Knowles (William Edgar Knowles), 1902-1998
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Italian
Veröffentlicht: Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1980.
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Zusammenfassung:In the late 1660s the English court received a visitor from Florence--Lorenzo Magalotti, an intelligent, sensitive writer and diplomat with a passion for observation and description. Magalotti had come from a state governed by an absolute grand duke to a kingdom engaged in a fierce struggle for political liberty, and from a society in which the sexual behaviour of women was closely controlled by law and custom, to one of unexampled licentiousness among the upper classes. This cultural shock produced fascinating portraits by Magalotti of Charles II and his court, accounts of their amorous intrigues, and percipient if sometimes biased observations on politics. There is also substantially accurate account of the armed forces of the kingdom, and a good deal about its intellectual and artistic life. W.E. Knowles Middleton has provided a clear and elegant translation of this document, along with an informative introduction and supplementary notes.
Beschreibung:Translation of: Relazione d'Inghilterra.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 161 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780889206847
0889206848
1554585503
9781554585502
1282232959
9781282232952
9786613810694
661381069X

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