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Gender, Honor, and Charity in Late Renaissance Florence Gavitt, Philip (St Louis University, Missouri)
Gender, Honor, and Charity in Late Renaissance Florence
Gavitt, Philip (St Louis University, Missouri)
This book examines the important social role of charitable institutions for women and children in late Renaissance Florence. Philip Gavitt analyzes the ways in which these charities, founded in response to growing social and economic instability, were used by elite families attempting to maintain their power, wealth and prestige.
290 pages, 9 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 22, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107002944 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 290 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 236 × 26 mm · 521 g |
| Language | English |