Books by Rudolph M. Bell

The Italian peasantry has often been described as tragic, backward, hopeless, downtrodden, static, and passive

The Italian peasantry has often been described as tragic, backward, hopeless, downtrodden, static, and passive

This work shows 16th-century Italy from an alternative perspective: through advice manuals which were staples in the households of middlebrow Italians just trying to lead a better life.