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

Published Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (x, 229 pages) : illustrations 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed January 25, 2016) Subject Alberto, di Villa d'Ogna, Saint, -1279 Wine industry -- Italy, Northern -- History Porters -- Italy, Northern -- History Peasants -- Italy, Northern -- History Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. HISTORY -- Social History. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. Peasants Porters Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Wine industry SUBJECT Italy, Northern -- Church history Subject Northern Italy Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781526101761 1526101769

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