Gender, Honor, and Charity in Late Renaissance Florence

by Philip Gavitt

Book Overview

This book examines the important social role of charitable institutions for women and children in late Renaissance Florence. Wars, social unrest, disease and growing economic inequality on the Italian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110700294X
• ISBN13: 9781107002944
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"