National Science Library of Georgia

Image from Google Jackets

How to do it [electronic resource] : guides to good living for Renaissance Italians / Rudolph M. Bell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 375 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780226041834 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226041832 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780226042107 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226042103 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226042006
  • 9780226042008
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: How to do it.DDC classification:
  • 646.7/00945/09031 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ629 .B45 1999eb
NLM classification:
  • 1999 E-025
  • HQ 629
Online resources:
Contents:
Conception -- Pregnancy and childbirth -- Raising your child -- Adolescence -- Marital relations -- Then and now.
Review: "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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Date due Barcode
ელ.რესურსი ელ.რესურსი ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ბიბლიოთეკა 1 Link to resource Available

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.

Description based on print version record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
Copyright © 2023 Sciencelib.ge All rights reserved.