Dissimulation and the culture of secrecy in early modern Europe

Dissimulation and the culture of secrecy in early modern Europe / Jon R. Snyder.

Author/creator	Snyder, Jon R., 1954-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press,
Description	xxiii, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Subject(s)	Secrecy--Social aspects --Italy --History. Truthfulness and falsehood--Social aspects --Italy --History. Interpersonal communication--Italy --History. Secrecy--Social aspects --Europe --History. Truthfulness and falsehood--Social aspects --Europe --History. Interpersonal communication--Europe --History. Italy--Social life and customs --16th century. Italy--Social life and customs --17th century. Italy--Social life and customs --Sources. Europe--Social life and customs.

Contents	Not empty silence : the age of dissimulation -- Taking one's distance : civil and moral dissimulation -- Confidence games : dissimulation at court -- The government of designs : dissimulation and reason of state -- The writing on the walls .
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-271) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2008050735
ISBN	9780520228191 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0520228197 (cloth : alk. paper)

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