Gender, honor, and charity in late Renaissance Florence /

"This book examines the important social role of charitable institutions for women and children in late Renaissance Florence"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gavitt, Philip, 1950-2020
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Charity and state-building; 2. Gender, lineage ideology, and the development of a status culture; 3. Law and the majesty of practice; 4. Innocence and danger: pedagogy, discipline, and the culture of masculinity; 5. From putte to puttane: female foundlings and charitable institutions; 6. Unruly nuns: convents and cloistering; Conclusion.