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Whetstone was in Italy in 1580. He quotes his journey in his most important books. He travelled to Italy to complete his education like many aristocratic young men did. It was fashionable to travel abroad to know new Countries and their culture, customs, monuments.
The young men chose Italy principally for its historical tradition and because it was the place were the Renaissance was born.
At this time, the Italian Renaissance represented the European renaissance. Whetstone travelled to France and then to Italy. He visited Turin, a town of the Duchy of Milan near the river Po, Bologna, Rome, Naples, Tivoli, Loreto, Recanati and Venice.
The literary result of this journey was An Heptameron of Civill Discourses…(1582)
in which he shows his whish to be an Italianized writer and man.
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