Indispensable immigrants : the wine porters of northern Italy and their saint, 1200-1800 / Lester K. Little.

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Indispensable immigrants recreates the world of peasants who streamed into the cities of late medieval and early modern northern Italy to carry crushingly heavy containers of wine. Written in an easily accessible and unassuming style, it is solidly grounded in previously untapped archival and visual...

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Main Author: Little, Lester K. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Wine industry > Italy, Northern > History.
Porters > Italy, Northern > History.
Peasants > Italy, Northern > History.
Poverty > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Italy, Northern > Church history.
Physical Description:x, 229 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Format: Book
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