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8%OFFNicholas Terpstra - Cultures of Charity: Women, Politics, and the Reform of Poor Relief in Renaissance Italy - 9780674067097 - V9780674067097
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Cultures of Charity: Women, Politics, and the Reform of Poor Relief in Renaissance Italy

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Description for Cultures of Charity: Women, Politics, and the Reform of Poor Relief in Renaissance Italy Hardback. Renaissance debates about politics and gender led to pioneering forms of poor relief, devised to help women get a start in life. These included orphanages for illegitimate children and forced labor in workhouses, but also women's shelters and early forms of maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and credit union savings plans. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 736.

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 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.

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
Condition
New
Weight
735g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674067097
SKU
V9780674067097
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-13

About Nicholas Terpstra
Nicholas Terpstra is Professor of History at the University of Toronto.

Reviews for Cultures of Charity: Women, Politics, and the Reform of Poor Relief in Renaissance Italy
This sweeping exploration of early modern poor relief shows how Bologna became a model for other cities in meeting the challenge of female poverty across the life cycle. By putting gender squarely at the center of analysis, Terpstra brilliantly illuminates how widespread concerns for poor women and girls sparked innovative networks of care aimed at both charity and discipline.
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