Le Reveille-matin des courtisans Ou Moyens legitimes pour parvenir a la faveur et pour s’y maintenir

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by Antonio de Guevara, edited and translated by Nathalie Peyrebonne

Book cover: Le Reveille-matin des courtisans Ou Moyens legitimes pour parvenir a la faveur et pour s’y maintenir

Extent: 469 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Hispanic & Portuguese Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Textes de la Renaissance

Series volume number: 25

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(January 2024)

ISBN: 9782406166788

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $72.00

Out of stock

Hardback (Published)

(January 2024)

ISBN: 9782812451775

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $136.00

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Aimed at a readership of courtiers, this manual imparts severe warnings and sagacious advice on how to “gain favor” by “legitimate means,” while revealing the reality of the life of the Spanish court under the reign of Charles V. This edition sheds new historical and biographical light on this guide to courtly life.

  • By (author) Antonio de Guevara
  • Edited and translated by Nathalie Peyrebonne