Charity and Power in Early Modern Italy Benefactors and Their Motives in Turin, 1541-1789

This is the first thorough study of charity, and medical and poor relief, in post-Renaissance Italy. It departs from current interpretations by emphasising the various circumstances that motivated individual men and women to become involved in charity. It also challenges the assumption that continental welfare provision was characterised by the institutional confinement of the poor and sick.Cavallo, Sandra is the author of 'Charity and Power in Early Modern Italy Benefactors and Their Motives in Turin, 1541-1789' with ISBN 9780521460910 and ISBN 0521460913.