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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11105142.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-361) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 375 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226042103 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "Italy".
- catalog spatial "Italy.".
- catalog subject "1999 E-025".
- catalog subject "646.7/00945/09031 21".
- catalog subject "Conduct of life Early works to 1800.".
- catalog subject "Families Italy History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Family Italy.".
- catalog subject "Family Planning Services Italy History.".
- catalog subject "HQ 629 B435h 1999".
- catalog subject "HQ629 .B45 1999".
- catalog subject "Life skills Italy Early works to 1800.".
- catalog subject "Life skills Italy Handbooks, manuals, etc.".
- catalog subject "Marriage Italy History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Marriage Italy History.".
- catalog subject "Parenting Italy History.".
- catalog title "How to do it : guides to good living for Renaissance Italians / Rudolph M. Bell.".
- catalog type "Early works. fast".
- catalog type "Handbooks, manuals, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".