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<p>A significant strength... in this soundly researched and well-written work is the connection it makes between the social and economic challenges the two cities faced and the development of networks of children's homes.--Carol M. Bresnahan Histoire Sociale - Social History (01/01/2007)

<p>A significant strength... in this soundly researched and well-written work is the connection it makes between the social and economic challenges the two cities faced and the development of networks of children's homes.--Carol M. Bresnahan Histoire Sociale - Social History (01/01/0001)

Carefully researched and vigorously written. Choice 2006 A model blend of historical imagination, vivid and engaging writing, and careful scholarship. -- Philip Gavitt Renaissance Quarterly 2006 Terpstra has unearthed much rich material and offers readers a compelling analysis of the origins, roles, operations and development of children's homes in two important Italian cities... This work is a major contribution to the study of early modern orphanages. -- Valentina K. Tikoff H-Net Reviews 2007 Superbly executed study. -- Margaret L. King American Historical Review 2007 Important contribution to the history of early modern Europe. -- Richard C. Trexler Journal of Modern History 2007 Vividly written. -- Elena Brizio Confraternitas 2007 Profoundly researched. -- Thomas M. Adams Journal of Social History 2007 A richly detailed and perceptive discussion of a fascinating topic. -- Christine Meek Sixteenth Century Journal 2007 A significant strength... in this soundly researched and well-written work is the connection it makes between the social and economic challenges the two cities faced and the development of networks of children's homes. -- Carol M. Bresnahan Histoire Sociale - Social History 2007

A richly detailed and perceptive discussion of a fascinating topic. -- Christine Meek, Sixteenth Century Journal

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Nicholas Terpstra is an associate professor of history at the University of Toronto.

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