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Charity and Power in Early Modern Italy : Benefactors and their Motives in Turin, 1541-1789 (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
Charity and Power in Early Modern Italy Benefactors and their Motives in Turin 15411789 - Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine Author:Sandra Cavallo This is the first thorough study of charity and of medical and poor relief in post-Renaissance Italy. It departs from current interpretations by putting much greater emphasis on the various circumstances that motivated individual men and women to become involved in charity, and argues that conflicts and tensions in their social and political sur... more »roundings were crucial in prompting their charitable activity and defining perceptions of the needy.« less