How to Do It Guides to Good Living for Renaissance Italians

How to Do Itshows us sixteenth-century Italy from an entirely new perspective: through manuals that were staples in the households of middlebrow Italians merely trying to lead better lives. Addressing various challenges such as how to conceive a boy, or what to do should you want to goad female (or male) desires, these booklets give us a refreshing and fun social history.Bell, Rudolph M. is the author of 'How to Do It Guides to Good Living for Renaissance Italians', published 2000 under ISBN 9780226042008 and ISBN 0226042006.