Renaissance+and+Reformation+Documents


 * [[image:Divine_comedy_document_world_history.gif width="432" height="324"]] || [[image:The_Bookof_the_Courtier.jpg]] ||
 * This document is a page from Dante Alighieri's book/poem, The Divine Comedy. The book is about a journey into three places; hell, purgatory, and heaven. The Comedy is a personal poem about Dante himself and two other characters, Beatrice and Virgil. They help him reach his goal in the story. Before Dante wrote poetry he worked in politics, but was forced into exile to Florence. || This image is of Baldassare Castiglione's " The Book of the Courtier". In this book it is explained how a proper Renaissance woman or man to act. The expectations for a man was to be talented in many ways, and for it to appear effortless for him. Also to be confident, polite, athletic, and knowledgeable. To become a Renaissance man, "The Book of the Courtier" was required reading. Women were also expected to study classics and be able to be in a courtly conversation. They did not participate in rough sports. Since the middle ages, women had less rights and power. According to Castigliones's book, women were to please men, but men were not punished for having extramarital affairs. ||