WRITER

Baldassare Castiglione

1478 - 1529

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baldassare Castiglione has received more than 582,066 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Baldassare Castiglione is the 504th most popular writer (down from 483rd in 2019), the 625th most popular biography from Italy (down from 598th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Italian Writer.

Baldassare Castiglione is most famous for his book The Book of the Courtier.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Le livre du courtisan
1991
Etiquette for Renaissance gentlemen
History
1995
Vita di Guidubaldo Duca di Urbino
2006
Il cortegiano
Courts and courtiers, Courtesy
1550
Libro del cortegiano
Court and courtiers, Courtesy, Courts and courtiers
"The Book of the Courtier (1528) is a series of fictional conversations by courtiers of the Duke of Urbino that take place in 1507, when Baldesar Castiglione was himself attache to the Duke. Today, the Book of the Courtier remains the most illuminating account of court life and its culture in the Renaissance and of what it took to be the "Perfect Courtier" and "Court Lady." The text of this Norton Critical Edition is Charles Singleton's translation, the most acclaimed and accurate English translation available. It is accompanied by the detailed annotations of both translator and editor." "Following the text are ten seminal assessments of The Book of the Courtier, representing the best interpretations from the United States, England, and Italy. Contributors include Amedeo Quondam, Harry Berger Jr., Virginia Cox, Eduardo Saccone, Joan Kelly-Gadol, David Quint, Wayne Rebhorn, James Hankins, Peter Burke, and Daniel Javitch." "A Selected Bibliography, Chronology, and Index of Persons and Items are also included."--BOOK JACKET.
1534
Il Libro del cortegiano
Courts and courtiers, Medieval Etiquette, Courtesy
1533
Il libro del cortegiano
Courts and courtiers, Courtesy, Early works to 1800
1528
The Book of the Courtier
1901
Il libro del cortegiano
Courtesy, Courts and courtiers
1528

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Baldassare Castiglione ranks 504 out of 7,302. Before him are Christopher Marlowe, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Henri Barbusse, Gérard de Nerval, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Thomas Paine. After him are Philip Larkin, Anthony Burgess, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Anaïs Nin, Robert A. Heinlein, and Statius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1478, Baldassare Castiglione ranks 7. Before him are Pope Clement VII, Hayreddin Barbarossa, Thomas More, Francisco Pizarro, Giorgione, and Philip I of Castile. After him are John, Prince of Asturias, Jan Gossaert, Pánfilo de Narváez, Hatuey, Sancha of Aragon, and Barbara Jagiellon. Among people deceased in 1529, Baldassare Castiglione ranks 1. After him are La Malinche, Wang Yangming, Andrea Sansovino, Jan Provoost, Juan del Encina, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, and John Skelton.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Baldassare Castiglione ranks 625 out of 5,161. Before him are Olybrius (400), Arrigo Sacchi (1946), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), Andrew III of Hungary (1265), Giuliano Gemma (1938), and Giovanni Agnelli (1866). After him are Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860), Pope Stephen II (715), Fra Bartolomeo (1472), Kurt Schuschnigg (1897), Virna Lisi (1936), and Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Baldassare Castiglione ranks 43. Before him are Propertius (-50), Fausto Cercignani (1941), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Tibullus (-50), Livius Andronicus (-280), and Alessandro Manzoni (1785). After him are Statius (40), Gabriele Amorth (1925), Aulus Gellius (123), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Eugenio Montale (1896), and Dino Buzzati (1906).

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