Baldassare Castiglione

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Baldassare Castiglione was an Italian Renaissance courtier, diplomat, and author best known for writing "The Book of the Courtier," a seminal work on etiquette and the ideal courtly life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian Renaissance humanist
courtier
diplomat
human
burialPlace Toledo Cathedral NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Mantua NERFINISHED
Papal States
dateOfBirth 1478-12-06
dateOfDeath 1529-02-02
describedIn The Book of the Courtier NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Ferrara NERFINISHED
University of Padua NERFINISHED
employer Duchy of Urbino NERFINISHED
House of Gonzaga NERFINISHED
Papal court NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Italian
familyName Castiglione NERFINISHED
genre courtesy book
treatise
givenName Baldassare NERFINISHED
influenced European courtly culture
Renaissance etiquette literature
influencedBy Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED
classical antiquity
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
Latin
movement Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED
notableIdea ideal courtier
sprezzatura
notableWork Il libro del cortegiano NERFINISHED
The Book of the Courtier NERFINISHED
occupation author
courtier
diplomat
soldier
placeOfBirth Casatico NERFINISHED
near Mantua
placeOfDeath Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
Toledo NERFINISHED
positionHeld ambassador of the Holy See to the court of Charles V
papal nuncio to Spain
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
sexOrGender male
workLocation Mantua NERFINISHED
Rome
Toledo NERFINISHED
Urbino NERFINISHED

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Renaissance art theory hasKeyFigure Baldassare Castiglione
Duke of Urbino hasNotableHumanistAtCourt Baldassare Castiglione
Duchy of Urbino notableFigure Baldassare Castiglione