Literary Academies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… pleasure, gambling, and entertainment with the desire for culture.’ 5 The proliferation of academies in every Italian city 6 since the sixteenth century—from private meetings held in residences to lasting institutions like the Crusca—may … f. 204v. Public meetings were organised for specific celebrations, replete with poetry recitations to which the local city and ecclesiastical elites were invited. Arcadian events were structured in the same way as in the provincial …
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