"Leisure was the sine qua non of the……" — Mary McCarthy

Leisure was the sine qua non of the full Renaissance. The feudal… - Mary McCarthy
"Leisure was the sine qua non of the full Renaissance. The feudal nobility, having lost its martial function, sought diversion all over Europe in cultivated pastimes: sonneteering, the lute, games and acrostics, travel, gentlemanly studies and sports, hunting and hawking, treated as arts."

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