... works; rhetorical pieces, poetry, historical accounts, and even books on education and daily life. Baldassare Castiglione, a diplomat and military advisor from Milan, was significantly influenced by the spread of humanism. He was a great example of how this new thought impacted writers of the age, even those from the church. Castiglione became a papal ambassador to Spain and an author, having an extreme fascination in classical literature and its ideals, and ... were the ideals of classical Greek society that were mirrored in Castiglione's work. His advice to the courtier during a time ...

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