[Fwd: [Fwd: Italian Names?]]

[Nathan W. Jones]

Donato wrote:
> Machavelli's "Florentine Histories" and "The Prince," and Castligone's "Book
> of the Courtier" should give you ample background on life in the city states
> and among the gentry.
> 
> Also there is a book called "Italian Folktales" (sorry I can't remember the
> editor) which has some interesting cultural anecdotes.

For first names, try Shakespeare.  And for a great read about Florentine
life
try "Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence", (and I don't have it close to
hand
to tell you the editors name, I want to say Gene Brucker.)  Oh, and
don't 
forget "The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini", which also happens to
be
a really great read.

Gio