Cultures of charity : women, politics, and the reform of poor relief in Renaissance Italy /

Renaissance Italians pioneered radical changes in ways of helping the poor, including orphanages, workhouses, pawnshops, and women's shelters. Nicholas Terpstra shows that gender was the key factor driving innovation. Most of the recipients of charity were women. The most creative new plans foc...

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Main Author: Terpstra, Nicholas (Author)
Corporate Authors: American Council of Learned Societies, De Gruyter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013
Cambridge, MA : [2013]
Cambridge, Mass. : 2013
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
ACLS Humanities E-Book
I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
Villa I Tatti
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