Medievalists.net » Sociology http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Pedlars and Alchemists in Friuli History of itinerant sellers in an alpine reality http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/25/pedlars-alchemists-friuli-history-itinerant-sellers-alpine-reality/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/25/pedlars-alchemists-friuli-history-itinerant-sellers-alpine-reality/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:50:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52132 This short review discusses about itinerant sellers in Friuli, who are Cramaro called (XI-XIX centuries). Attention is focused, in particular, on the question if some of theme were alchemists.

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