Abandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance : Orphan Care in Florence and Bologna /

In the early development of the modern Italian state, individual orphanages were a reflection of the intertwining of politics and charity.Nearly half of the children who lived in the cities of the late Italian Renaissance were under fifteen years of age. Grinding poverty, unstable families, and the...

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Main Author: Terpstra, Nicholas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Series:Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 123rd ser. 4.
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