Which Renaissance writer also worked as an adviser, or courtier, to royalty?

Baldassare Castiglione was a Renaissance writer who also served as a courtier and diplomat at several Italian courts. He drew on his experience in royal and noble courts when writing The Book of the Courtier, which describes the ideal courtier. Dante, Cervantes, and Petrarch are not the writer best known for this courtier role.

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