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Abandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance: Orphan Care in Florence and Bologna (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)
Abandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance Orphan Care in Florence and Bologna - The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science
Author: Nicholas Terpstra
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 soc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801881848
ISBN-10: 0801881846
Publication Date: 12/12/2005
Pages: 368
Edition: 1
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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