{"product_id":"the-court-and-its-critics-2","title":"The Court and Its Critics","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnti-courtly discourse furnished a platform for discussing some of the most pressing questions of early modern Italian society. The court was the space that witnessed a new form of negotiation of identity and prestige, the definition of masculinity and of gender-specific roles, the birth of modern politics and of an ethics based on merit and on individual self-interest. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Court and Its Critics\u003c\/em\u003e analyses anti-courtly critiques using a wide variety of sources including manuals of courtliness, dialogues, satires, and plays, from the mid-fifteenth to the early seventeenth century. The book is structured around four key figures that embody different features of anti-courtly sentiments. The figure of the courtier shows that sentiments against the court were present even among those who apparently benefitted from such a system of power. The court lady allows an investigation of the intertwining of anti-courtliness and anti-feminism. The satirist and the shepherd of pastoral dramas are investigated as attempts to fashion two different forms of a new self for the court intellectual.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Paola Ugolini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575128490166,"sku":"9781487532123","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781487532123.jpg?v=1730228671","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-court-and-its-critics-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}