Baldassare Castiglione (dec 6, 1478 – feb 2, 1529)

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Baldassare Castiglione penned "The Courtier" (1528) which presented the etiquette and manner issues found in grand courts. It was written to reform aspects of their behavior and became a wildly popular essential for courts of European aristocrats. By having his own track of speaking out and attempting to reform a specific societal class, he made his own subjective vision of how royalty should behave come to light.

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