Lost and Found - Locating Foundlings in the Early Modern World

Florence's iconic foundling home of the Innocenti is often taken as a symbol of Renaissance creativity, innovation, and humanity. The essays in Lost and Found explore new dimensions and contexts for foundling care at the Innocenti and use archival documents and digital tools to locate it architecturally, geographically, and socially.

About the author

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

Summary

Florence’s iconic foundling home of the Innocenti is often taken as a symbol of Renaissance creativity, innovation, and humanity. The essays in Lost and Found explore new dimensions and contexts for foundling care at the Innocenti and use archival documents and digital tools to locate it architecturally, geographically, and socially.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Terpstra
• Assisted by: Nicholas Terpstra (Editor), Terpstra Nicholas (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.2024
• EAN: 9780674296169
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29616-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: I Tatti Research Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; European History, ART / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, ART / European, florence, LAW / Family Law / Children, Italy, History of Art, History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, History of Architecture, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Family law: children