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====Spectacle and Display====
[[File: SC1.jpg|thumbnail|300px200px|left|Fransico Sforza, a mercenary who became Duke of Milan]]
Italy during the Renaissance was a society that was obsessed with display and spectacle. Life in the towns and cities of the time were structured around an apparently endless round of civic and religious ceremonies and festivals. The courts of the rulers were also renowned for lavish spectacles. <ref>Celenza, Christopher and Kenneth Gouvens, Editors. <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9004149074/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=9004149074&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=e30a1e7a250f2433267f6270d8640f11 Humanism and Creativity in the Renaissance]</i> (Longmans, Leiden 2006),pp. 295–326</ref>