Italy and the grand tour / by Jeremy Black.

Main entry:

Black, Jeremy, 1955-

Title & Author:

Italy and the grand tour / by Jeremy Black.

Publication:

Description:

xi, 255 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and index.
Introduction -- Sources -- Into Italy -- From the Alps to the Arno -- Rome and the south -- Accommodation -- Food and Drink -- Transport -- Cost and finance -- Hazards -- Activities -- Social and political reflections -- Religion -- The arts -- The impact of Italy -- Conclusions -- Epilogue.

Summary:

For members of the social elite in eighteenth century England, extended travel for pleasure came to be considered part of an ideal education as well as an important symbol of social status. Italy, and especially Rome-a fashioable, exciting and comfortable city-became the focus of such early tourists' interests. In this distinctive book, historian Jeremy Black recreates the actual experiences of those who travelled to Italy on a Grand Tour. Relying on the private diaries and personal letters of travellers, rather than on the self-conscious accounts of literary travellers who wrote for wider audiences, the book presents a fresh and authentic picture of how British tourists experienced Italy, its landscapes, women, food, food, music, Catholicism and more.--Book cover.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0300099770 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780300099775 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780300173857 (paperback)
0300173857 (paperback)

Subject:

Travelers Italy 18th century.
Voyageurs Italie 18e siècle.
Travel
Travelers
Bildungsreise
Grand Tour.
Toerisme.
Engelsen.
18e siècle.
Attitude.
Britannique.
Histoire.
Voyage à l'étranger.
Voyage d'agrément.
Voyageur.
Italy Description and travel.
Italie Descriptions et voyages.
Italy
Italien
Italie.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228947
Call No.: DG424 .B63 2003
Status: Available

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