Lost and Found

Locating Foundlings in the Early Modern World
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-0-674-29616-9
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 998 g

Reihe: I Tatti Research Series

Florence’s foundling home of the Innocenti is often taken as a symbol of Renaissance creativity, innovation, and humanity. Its progressive approach to caring for abandoned children was matched by the iconic architectural form designed one of the period’s leading architects, Filippo Brunelleschi. Did reality match the reputation? The essays in Lost and Found explore new dimensions and contexts for foundling care at the Innocenti and use archival documents and digital tools to locate it architecturally, geographically, and socially. They ask questions that reframe the Ospedale degli Innocenti in different contexts and open paths for further research: Was Brunelleschi’s design a failure? How can digital tools recover the Innocenti’s lost spaces and extensive real estate holdings? What did the law say about foundlings and abandonment? What was it like to live in the Innocenti and in homes elsewhere? What roles did race and enslavement play in infant abandonment?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Terpstra, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Familienrecht Sorgerecht, fam. Namensrecht, Abstammung
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Renaissance, Manierismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Terpstra, Nicholas
Nicholas Terpstra is Professor of History at the University of Toronto.