{"product_id":"play-in-renaissance-italy-by-peter-burke-9781509543434","title":"Play in Renaissance Italy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom comic verse to practical jokes, pornography to satire, acting to acrobatics, the Renaissance witnessed the flowering of play in all its forms. In the first wide-ranging and accessible introduction to play in Renaissance Italy, \u003cem\u003ePlay in Renaissance Italy\u003c\/em\u003e by Peter Burke, a celebrated historian of the Italian Renaissance, synthesises over forty years’ research. Burke explores the various forms of play in this period and offers an overview that reveals the many connections between its different domains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile play could be rough, the Church played an increasing role in determining acceptable and unacceptable forms of play. After campaigns against violence and obscenity, much of the licentiousness characteristic of the early Renaissance was tamed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis entertaining study of play reveals much about the culture of Renaissance Italy and illuminates an essential element in human life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000707170540,"sku":"9781509543434","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ab5aed41385e1055ae0c015fe4a20485.jpg?v=1763323555","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/play-in-renaissance-italy-by-peter-burke-9781509543434","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}