Indispensable immigrants : The wine porters of northern Italy and their saint, 1200-1800 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Little, Lester K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Manchester University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Alberto, > di Villa d'Ogna, Saint, > -1279.
Wine industry.
Poverty > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Porters.
Peasants.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > Social History.
Pauvrete > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Porteurs de bagages > Italie (Nord) > Histoire.
Vin > Industrie > Italie (Nord) > Histoire.
Peasants > Italy, Northern > History.
Porters > Italy, Northern > History.
Wine industry > Italy, Northern > History.
Northern Italy.
Italie (Nord) > Histoire religieuse.
Italy, Northern > Church history.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The setting, the main characters, and two questions
  • The legend of Saint Alberto
  • The life of Alberto
  • The afterlife of Alberto
  • The brenta and the brentatori
  • Topography and migration
  • Porters of the imagination
  • Making saints
  • Sainthood by community
  • Sainthood by the papacy
  • Epilogue: Dignity and memory
  • Appendix: Sources and studies pertaining to brentatori.

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