Charity and Power in Early Modern Italy - Benefactors and Their Motives in Turin, 1541-1789

Klappentext The first thorough study of charity! and medical and poor relief! in post-Renaissance Italy. Zusammenfassung This is the first thorough study of charity! and medical and poor relief! in post-Renaissance Italy. It departs from current interpretations by emphasising the various circumstances that motivated individual men and women to become involved in charity. It also challenges the assumption that continental welfare provision was characterised by the institutional confinement of the poor and sick. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Sixteenth-century municipal plans for poor relief; 2. Civic charity in the age of state formation; 3. Motivations for charity; 4 Charity and gender; 5. Hospitals and poor relief in the age of absolutism; 6. The state system of relief; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sandra Cavallo, Sandra (University of Exeter) Cavallo, Cavallo Sandra, Cavallo Sandra
• Collaboration: Charles Rosenberg (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 09.03.1995
• EAN: 9780521483339
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48333-9
• Pages: 300
• Thèmes: Cambridge History of Medicine; Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire culturelle; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Italy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Volunteer Work, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800, Charities, Voluntary Services & Philanthropy, Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy