Baldassarre Castiglione
1478 – 1529 · aged 51
Italian Renaissance author (1478-1529)
- Born
- 1478 · Casatico
- Died
- 1529 · Toledo
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- 1478BornBorn in Casatico
- 1510 – 1511WarSiege of Mirandola
- 1529DiedDied in Toledo
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Biography
Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico (Italian: [baldasˈsaːre kastiʎˈʎoːne]; 6 December 1478 – 2 February 1529), was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.
Castiglione wrote Il Cortegiano or The Book of the Courtier, a courtesy book dealing with questions of the etiquette and morality of the courtier. It was very influential in 16th-century European court circles.
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