ISBN:
9780674067097
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 379 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource De Gruyter eBook-Paket Geschichte, Politikwissenschaft, Soziologie
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Moran, Megan [Rezension von: Terpstra, Nicholas, Cultures of Charity: Women, Politics, and the Reform of Poor Relief in Renaissance Italy] 2013
Series Statement:
I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Terpstra, Nicholas, 1956 - Cultures of charity
DDC:
306.09
Keywords:
Italien
;
Frau
;
Fürsorge
;
Politik
Abstract:
Biographical note: Nicholas Terpstra is Professor of History at the University of Toronto.
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.4159/harvard.9780674067929
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