Abandoned children of the Italian Renaissance : orphan care in Florence and Bologna / Nicholas Terpstra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terpstra, Nicholas.

Series:

Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 123rd ser. 4.

The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 123rd ser. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orphanages--Italy--Florence--History--16th century.

Orphanages.

Orphanages--Italy--Florence--History--17th century.

Orphanages--Italy--Bologna--History--16th century.

Orphanages--Italy--Bologna--History--17th century.

History.

Italy--Bologna.

Italy--Florence.

Physical Description:

xii, 349 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

Summary:

Based on extensive archival research and individual stories, Abandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance demonstrates how gender and class shaped individual orphanages in each city's network, and how politics, charity, and economics intertwined in the development of the early modern state.

Contents:

Introduction: Down and Out and Off the Streets: Sheltering Renaissance Children 1

1 Opening a Home 28

2 Entering a Home: Prescriptions and Procedures 70

3 Making a Home with Girls 103

4 Making a Home with Boys 149

5 Running a Home 187

6 Leaving Home 245

Conclusion: The Politics of Renaissance Orphanages 280

Appendix Institutional Finances 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-341) and index.

ISBN:

0801881846

OCLC:

57669589