Question

How were Castiglione's expectations for young men and young women different?

Answer 1

A man was expected to be charming, witty, and well educated in the classics. He should dance, sing, play music, and write poetry. In addition, he should also be a skilled rider, wrestler, and swordsman.


A woman had to be educated, and know the classics, and be charming. Additionally, she must give up riding and weapon handling.

Answer 2

Castiglione asserted that men must be strong, educated, intelligent, and skilled in struggle, poetry, dance, and anything. He also stated that women should be educated intelligent and skillful, but should move away from situations involving the demonstration of brute force or use of weapons, and women should be charming and delicate.

Step-by-step explanation:

Castiglione was an Italian aristocratic politician born in Casatico, near Mantua, who through a single work, Il Libro del cortegiano or The Courtier, became the arbiter of aristocratic Renaissance manners and offered the model of the new gentleman of the time. Of noble descent, he had a humanistic education and studied Latin and Greek in Milan. He established social standards that men and women should obey, some of which are still followed by society today.