Abstract:This paper examines one aspect of the two-way cultural traffic between London and Padua: how the city of Padua figured in debates about the nature of masculinity in early modern London, especially its theatres. Invariably known primarily for its university-noted by Coryat and Moryson, a tourist attraction for Chaucer, Sidney, and Milton-the name "Padua" became synonymous with "erudition." While learnedness was in theory a positive quality, the place of learnedness in a declining honor culture and its complex r… Show more
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