"Being Witty about War in the Italian Renaissance" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Nov 2019 10:31 p.m. PST |
"I recently came across the book Wit and Wisdom of the Italian Renaissance, by Charles Speroni. It notes that one can find in Italy during this period many writers who were interested in maxims, proverbs and just recording the interesting and humorous anecdotes they came across. Speroni's book is a collection of these anecdotes, from eleven different writers between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. On occasion, some of these stories are related to war, and I wanted to share with your some of my favourites:…"
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| General Kirchner | 11 Nov 2019 9:57 a.m. PST |
seems like 1081, is a long time before the italian renaissance. |
| Tango01 | 11 Nov 2019 11:14 a.m. PST |
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