How to do it: guides to good living for Renaissance Italians
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1. Verfasser: Bell, Rudolph M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 1999
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Online-Zugang:DE-1046
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Conception -- Pregnancy and childbirth -- Raising your child -- Adolescence -- Marital relations -- Then and now
"Hope to conceive a boy? Tie a tourniquet around your husband's left testicle. Pregnant and fear a weak or malformed baby? Frequent hearty laughter should reduce the risk. And if you're a teenager of good repute, avoid dancing at all costs and stay away from wine, cosmetics, and flashy dress, too. What may seem quirky to today's readers certainly wasn't to its original audience - Renaissance Italians. They read advice manuals prodigiously, seeking guidance from the latest books by bestselling alchemists and snake-oil peddlers like Mrs. Isabella Cortese and Dr. Leonardo Fioravanti with an avidity not bestowed even on a Dante or a Machiavelli. How to Do It shows us sixteenth-century Italy from an entirely new perspective: through manuals which were staples in the households of middlebrow Italians just trying to lead better lives."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 375 p.)
ISBN:0226041832
0226042006
9780226041834
9780226042008

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