LEADER 03369oam 22004934a 450 001 9910524674703321 005 20230629150004.0 035 $a(CKB)5360000000001001 035 $a(OCoLC)1048210222 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse69601 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88810 035 $a(EXLCZ)995360000000001001 100 $a20050211d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAbandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance$eOrphan Care in Florence and Bologna /$fNicholas Terpstra 210 $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2005 210 1$aBaltimore :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 349 p. :)$cill., maps ; 311 $a1-4214-2933-0 311 $a1-4214-2934-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [331]-341) and index. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aOrphanages$zItaly$zBologna$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aOrphanages$zItaly$zBologna$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aOrphanages$zItaly$zFlorence$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aOrphanages$zItaly$zFlorence$xHistory$y16th century 610 $aEuropean history: Renaissance 615 0$aOrphanages$xHistory 615 0$aOrphanages$xHistory 615 0$aOrphanages$xHistory 615 0$aOrphanages$xHistory 676 $a362.73/2 700 $aTerpstra$b Nicholas$0261130 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524674703321 996 $aAbandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance$92605767 997 $aUNINA