Cultures of Charity: Women, Politics, and the Reform of Poor Relief in Renaissance Italy by Nicholas Terpstra

Cultures of Charity: Women, Politics, and the Reform of Poor Relief in Renaissance Italy

I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History

Nicholas Terpstra

379 pages • missing pub info (view editions)

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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 cha...

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