The Evolution of the Grand Tour - 9780714644745

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The Evolution of the Grand Tour: Anglo-Italian Cultural Relations since the Renaissance [Paperback] [Apr 29, 2000] Chaney, Edward\n\nProduct Overview\nThe Grand Tour has become a subject of major interest to scholars and general\nreaders interested in exploring the historic connections between nations and\ntheir intellectual and artistic production. Although traditionally associated\nwith the eighteenth century, when wealthy Englishmen would complete their\neducation on the continent, the Grand Tour is here investigated in a wider\ncontext, from the decline of the Roman Empire to recent times. Authors from\nChaucer to Erasmus came to mock the custom but even the Reformation did not\nstop the urge to travel. From the mid-sixteenth century, northern Europeans\njustified travel to the south in terms of education. The English had\npreviously travelled to Italy to study the classics; now they travelled to\nlearn Italian and study medicine, diplomacy, dancing, riding, fencing, and,\neventu-