TY - BOOK AU - Della Casa,Giovanni AU - Spingarn,Joel Elias AU - Peterson,Robert,active 1576-1606 TI - A Renaissance Courtesy-book: Galateo of Manners & Behaviours AV - BJ PY - 2015/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Etiquette -- Early works to 1800 KW - Courtesy -- Early works to 1800 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Galateo; Release date is 2015-01-16; Produced by Chris Curnow, Jana Palkova, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive); Original publication data not identified N2 - "A Renaissance Courtesy-book: Galateo of Manners & Behaviours" by Giovanni della Casa is a courtesy book published in 1558. This influential Renaissance guide teaches readers how to navigate everyday social situations with grace and charm. From table manners to conversation etiquette, della Casa offers practical advice on avoiding common social mistakes while maintaining attractive conduct. Written with dry humor and keen observation, the work became so popular that its title entered the Italian language as a term for etiquette itself, influencing centuries of manners guides across Europe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47993 ER -