To Run and Leap with Peasants: Idealism and Stereotype Formation in The Book of the Courtier

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6 pages

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10/12/2007

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Table of Contents To Run and Leap with Peasants: Idealism and Stereotype Formation in The Book of the Courtier
 Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. The role of the courtier as a choice
  3. Free will within the confines of expectation
  4. The portrayal of the upper class as slaves to their own idealism
    1. The creation of the courtier
    2. The first and most severe restriction placed on the courtier
    3. The courtier's role
    4. The image of the court lady
  5. Conclusion
  6. Works cited

Abstract

In the sixteenth century, the ideal was inseparable from the ruling class: it was a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy, the aristocracy establishing itself as the ideal while simultaneously defining the ideal. The members of the nobility lived in tightly-monitored roles. idealism was not about the individual but about the preservation of the entire image, for this image of power and money subordinated the lower classes. A role is an expectation, a state of identity foreclosure, and individuality is lost in the midst of societal expectation. These lords and ladies, courtiers and princes, idolized for their fortune and influence, were secretly stripped of any freedom, of any choice, for the sake of the whole. It would be decades before the very essence of humanity, free will, would be remembered in both literature and society. Baldesar Castiglione realizes the necessity of roles in European life during this period.

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