Indispensable immigrants : the wine porters of northern Italy and their saint, 1200-1800 /
Lester K. Little.
- 1 online resource (x, 229 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781526101761 1526101769
22573/ctt18mt493 JSTOR
Alberto, di Villa d'Ogna, Saint, -1279.
Wine industry--History.--Italy, Northern Porters--History.--Italy, Northern Peasants--History.--Italy, Northern Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity. HISTORY--Social History. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries--General.