Title: Women, Charity and Community in Early Modern Venice: The Casa delle Zitelle
Abstract: Abstract This article examines the Casa delle Zitelle, a charitable institution for young women at risk of falling into prostitution, in early modern Venice. Founded by a group of deeply religious noblewomen, the Casa reflected the social anxieties of the time that linked social ills to prostitution, as well as a new spirit of social activism inspired by religious conviction on the part of the city's elite. The Casa also created a new type of female community that drew both on familial structures and the traditional female networks that were characteristic of Venetian neighborhoods.
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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