Making a Living, Making a Life: Work in the Orphanages of Florence and Bologna
Between 1506 and 1615, Florence opened seven shelters for orphaned and abandoned children adolescents and Bologna eight and. These were fluid institutions, rooted in medieval charitable hospitals, shaped by the models of family, religious house, and workhouse, and subject to continuing metamorphoses...
| Published in: | The sixteenth century journal |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
2000
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2000, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 1063-1079 |
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| Summary: | Between 1506 and 1615, Florence opened seven shelters for orphaned and abandoned children adolescents and Bologna eight and. These were fluid institutions, rooted in medieval charitable hospitals, shaped by the models of family, religious house, and workhouse, and subject to continuing metamorphoses in later decades. Work provided income for these shelters and training for their charges. Differing work patterns (e.g., between work conducted inside or outside the home) highlight distinctions of gender and class between the homes of a particular city as well as distinctions in the political and social realities faced by Bologna and Florence. A general workhouse for the poor in Bologna allowed its orphanages and conservatories to be more selective in enrolling children and more successful in reintegrating them back into society. In the absence of a general workhouse, some Florentine conservatories were forced to fulfill that function (by enrolling larger numbers of poorer and unhealthy children) and suffered higher death rates. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2671187 |