Reviews
Carefully researched and vigorously written.
A model blend of historical imagination, vivid and engaging writing, and careful scholarship.
Terpstra has unearthed much rich material and offers readers a compelling analysis of the origins, roles, operations and development of children's homes in two important Italian cities... This work is a major contribution to the study of early modern orphanages.
Superbly executed study.
Important contribution to the history of early modern Europe.
Vividly written.
Profoundly researched.
A richly detailed and perceptive discussion of a fascinating topic.
A significant strength... in this soundly researched and well-written work is the connection it makes between the social and economic challenges the two cities faced and the development of networks of children's homes.
Book Details
List of Tables, Graphs, and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Down and Out and Off the Streets: Sheltering Renaissance Children
Chapter 1: Opening a Home
Chapter 2: Entering a Home: Prescriptions and
List of Tables, Graphs, and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Down and Out and Off the Streets: Sheltering Renaissance Children
Chapter 1: Opening a Home
Chapter 2: Entering a Home: Prescriptions and Procedures
Chapter 3: Making a Home with Girls
Chapter 4: Making a Home with Boys
Chapter 5: Running a Home
Chapter 6: Leaving Home
Conclusion: The Politics of Renaissance Orphanages
Appendix: Institutional Finances
Notes
Bibliography