LEADER 03852nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910786001603321 005 20221108081611.0 010 $a0-674-07174-3 010 $a0-674-06792-4 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674067929 035 $a(CKB)2670000000330108 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24970294 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000819030 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11410935 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819030 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10843507 035 $a(PQKB)11767891 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301212 035 $a(DE-B1597)177968 035 $a(OCoLC)826895102 035 $a(OCoLC)840439019 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674067929 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301212 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10653002 035 $a(dli)HEB32251 035 $a(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000045 035 $a(PPN)175497427 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000330108 100 $a20120515d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCultures of charity$b[electronic resource] $ewomen, politics, and the reform of poor relief in Renaissance Italy /$fNicholas Terpstra 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (x, 379 pages )$cillustrations (black and white) 225 0 $aI Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-674-06709-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tFigures and Tables --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1: Showing the Poor a Good Time --$tChapter 2: Worthy Poor, Worthy Rich --$tChapter 3: Tightening Control --$tChapter 4: Meeting the Bottom Line --$tChapter 5: The Wheel Keeps Turning --$tChapter 6: Baroque Piety and the Qualità of Mercy --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aRenaissance Italians pioneered radical changes in ways of helping the poor, including orphanages, workhouses, pawnshops, and women's shelters. Nicholas Terpstra shows that gender was the key factor driving innovation. Most of the recipients of charity were women. The most creative new plans focused on features of women's poverty like illegitimate births, hunger, unemployment, and domestic violence. Signal features of the reforms, from forced labor to new instruments of saving and lending, were devised specifically to help young women get a start in life. Cultures of Charity is the first book to see women's poverty as the key factor driving changes to poor relief. These changes generated intense political debates as proponents of republican democracy challenged more elitist and authoritarian forms of government emerging at the time. Should taxes fund poor relief? Could forced labor help build local industry? Focusing on Bologna, Terpstra looks at how these fights around politics and gender generated pioneering forms of poor relief, including early examples of maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and credit union savings plans. 410 0$aI Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history. 410 0$aVilla I Tatti. 517 3 $aWomen, politics, and the reform of poor relief in Renaissance Italy 606 $aCharities$zItaly$zBologna$xHistory 606 $aPoor$zItaly$zBologna$xHistory 606 $aWomen$zItaly$zBologna$xHistory 607 $aBologna (Italy)$xSocial conditions 615 0$aCharities$xHistory. 615 0$aPoor$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen$xHistory. 676 $a362.5/57094541109031 700 $aTerpstra$b Nicholas$0261130 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786001603321 996 $aCultures of charity$92327700 997 $aUNINA