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Author Little, Lester K., author.

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

Publication Info. Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 229 pages) : illustrations
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Series JSTOR EBA.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Subject Alberto, di Villa d'Ogna, Saint, -1279.
Wine industry -- Italy, Northern -- History.
Wine industry.
Northern Italy.
History.
Porters -- Italy, Northern -- History.
Porters.
Peasants -- Italy, Northern -- History.
Peasants.
Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Italy, Northern -- Church history.
Church history.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Little, Lester K. Indispensable immigrants 9780719095221 (OCoLC)903178541
ISBN 9781526101761 (electronic book)
1526101769 (electronic book)
9780719095221 (hardback)
0719095220 (hardback)