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Dissimulation and the Culture of Secrecy in Early Modern Europe.

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"Larvatus prodeo," announced René Descartes at the beginning of the seventeenth century: "I come forward, masked." Deliberately disguising or silencing their most intimate thoughts and emotions, many early modern Europeans besides Descartes-princes, courtiers, aristocrats and com...

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Main Author: Snyder, Jon R., 1954-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: CA : University of California Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Italy > Social life and customs > 16th century.
Italy > Social life and customs > 17th century.
Italy > Social life and customs > Sources.
Secrecy > Social aspects > Italy > History.
Truthfulness and falsehood > Social aspects > Italy > History.
Interpersonal communication > Italy > History.
Europe > Social life and customs.
Secrecy > Social aspects > Europe > History.
Truthfulness and falsehood > Social aspects > Europe > History.
Interpersonal communication > Europe > History.

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Call Number: DG445 .S64 2009
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