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Baldassare Castiglione: a true Renaissance man, diplomat, and author

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Tudor & Renaissance BlogPosted December 7, 2020

Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico, was born on the 6th of December 1478. He was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier, and, most importantly, an illustrious Renaissance author. Born in Casatico, near Mantua, into a family of the minor Italian nobility, he was related through his mother, Luigia Gonzaga, to the...

Tags: Baldassare Castiglione, Elisabetta Gonzaga Duchess of Urbino, Emilia Pia, Emperor Charles V, Francesco Maria della Rovere, Guidobaldo da Montefeltro Duke of Urbino, King Henry VII of England, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, Raphael, Renaissance era, The Book of the Courtier, The Book of the Courtier (Il Libro del Cortegiano), the Italian Renaissance, the Renaissance
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