As a cultural movement, the Italian Renaissance affected only a small part of the population. Italy was the most urbanized region of Europe, but three quarters of the people were still rural peasants. For this section of the population, life remained essentially unchanged from the Middle Ages.
Although I enjoyed the book, The Hellbound Heart, the movie version, Hellraiser - with the awesomely cheesy blue and yellow 80's FX - is a bit better and mainly because it was more fully realized.
Ruettigerâs new book is being published by Thomas Nelson, which specializes in religious-themed books, and is scheduled to be released this fall. Ruettiger signed the book deal before the SEC charges became public in December with an eye for it to come out in time for the 20 th anniversary of the âRudyâ movie. Ruettiger spends a few pages near the end of the book dealing with the damage done to his reputation as an inspirational hero.