04216oam 22006014a 450 991052467470332120241204161555.00-8018-8184-6(CKB)5360000000001001(OCoLC)1048210222(MdBmJHUP)muse69601(MiAaPQ)EBC29138935(Au-PeEL)EBL29138935(oapen)doab88810(OCoLC)1526859539(EXLCZ)99536000000000100120050211h20052005 uy 0engurcn#|||||n||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAbandoned Children of the Italian RenaissanceOrphan Care in Florence and Bologna /Nicholas Terpstra1st ed.Johns Hopkins University Press2005Baltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2005.©2005.1 online resource (xii, 349 pages) illustrations, mapsThe Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Series ;v.1231-4214-2933-0 1-4214-2934-9 Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-341) and index.Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables, Graphs, and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Down and Out and Off the Streets: Sheltering Renaissance Children -- 1 Opening a Home -- 2 Entering a Home: Prescriptions and Procedures -- 3 Making a Home with Girls -- 4 Making a Home with Boys -- 5 Running a Home -- 6 Leaving Home -- Conclusion. The Politics of Renaissance Orphanages -- Appendix: Institutional Finances -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.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 death of a parent could make caring for these young children a burden. Many were abandoned, others orphaned. At a time when political rulers fashioned themselves as the "fathers" of society, these cast-off children presented a very immediate challenge and opportunity.In Bologna and Florence, government and private institutions pioneered orphanages to care for the growing number of homeless children. Nicholas Terpstra discusses the founding and management of these institutions, the procedures for placing children into them, the children's daily routine and education, and finally their departure from these homes. He explores the role of the city-state and considers why Bologna and Florence took different paths in operating the orphanages. Terpstra finds that Bologna's orphanages were better run, looked after the children more effectively, and were more successful in returning their wards to society as productive members of the city's economy. Florence's orphanages were larger and harsher, and made little attempt to reintegrate children into society.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.The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science SeriesOrphanagesItalyBolognaHistory17th centuryOrphanagesItalyBolognaHistory16th centuryOrphanagesItalyFlorenceHistory17th centuryOrphanagesItalyFlorenceHistory16th centuryOrphanagesHistoryOrphanagesHistoryOrphanagesHistoryOrphanagesHistory362.73/2Terpstra Nicholas261130Project Muse.MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPCaOGUBOOK9910524674703321Abandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance2605767UNINA