03852nam 2200709 a 450 991078600160332120221108081611.00-674-07174-30-674-06792-410.4159/harvard.9780674067929(CKB)2670000000330108(StDuBDS)AH24970294(SSID)ssj0000819030(PQKBManifestationID)11410935(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819030(PQKBWorkID)10843507(PQKB)11767891(MiAaPQ)EBC3301212(DE-B1597)177968(OCoLC)826895102(OCoLC)840439019(DE-B1597)9780674067929(Au-PeEL)EBL3301212(CaPaEBR)ebr10653002(dli)HEB32251(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000045(PPN)175497427(EXLCZ)99267000000033010820120515d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrCultures of charity[electronic resource] women, politics, and the reform of poor relief in Renaissance Italy /Nicholas TerpstraCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Pressc20131 online resource (x, 379 pages )illustrations (black and white)I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance HistoryBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-06709-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Figures and Tables --Introduction --Chapter 1: Showing the Poor a Good Time --Chapter 2: Worthy Poor, Worthy Rich --Chapter 3: Tightening Control --Chapter 4: Meeting the Bottom Line --Chapter 5: The Wheel Keeps Turning --Chapter 6: Baroque Piety and the Qualità of Mercy --Notes --Bibliography --Acknowledgments --IndexRenaissance 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 focused on features of women's poverty like illegitimate births, hunger, unemployment, and domestic violence. Signal features of the reforms, from forced labor to new instruments of saving and lending, were devised specifically to help young women get a start in life. Cultures of Charity is the first book to see women's poverty as the key factor driving changes to poor relief. These changes generated intense political debates as proponents of republican democracy challenged more elitist and authoritarian forms of government emerging at the time. Should taxes fund poor relief? Could forced labor help build local industry? Focusing on Bologna, Terpstra looks at how these fights around politics and gender generated pioneering forms of poor relief, including early examples of maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and credit union savings plans.I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.Villa I Tatti.Women, politics, and the reform of poor relief in Renaissance ItalyCharitiesItalyBolognaHistoryPoorItalyBolognaHistoryWomenItalyBolognaHistoryBologna (Italy)Social conditionsCharitiesHistory.PoorHistory.WomenHistory.362.5/57094541109031Terpstra Nicholas261130MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786001603321Cultures of charity2327700UNINA