Biography of baldassare castiglione

The Italian author, courtier, and diplomat Baldassare Castiglione is known primarily for his "Book of the Courtier". This work, which portrays the ideal courtier, was a chief vehicle in spreading Italian humanism into England and France.

Baldassare Castiglione was born on Dec.

6, , in Casatico in the province of Mantua of an illustrious Lombard family.

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After receiving a classical education in Mantua and in Milan, he served at the court of the Milanese duke Lodovico Sforza from to Castiglione then entered the service of Francesco Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. In he fought with Gonzaga's forces against the Spanish in Naples.

On his way north he visited Rome and Urbino; both cities fascinated him. His request to transfer to the court of Guidobaldo da Montefeltro at Urbino was grudgingly granted in by Gonzaga.

At Urbino, Guidobaldo's wife, Elizabetta, presided over the noble company depicted in the Libro del cortegiano (Book of the Courtier)