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Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence

Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence

Jack, Gillian

Paperback

Series: New Historical Perspectives

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryReligion General General World History

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 5, 2026

ISBN10: 190859098X
ISBN13: 9781908590985
Publisher: University of London Press
Published: Nov 5 2026
Pages: 244
Weight: 1.00
Language: English

A study of the survival of Sant'Elisabetta delle Convertite, the Florence monastery for repentant prostitutes, during the long Renaissance.

From the fourteenth century, prostitutes in Florence were encouraged to leave their profession and spend their lives in repentance at the monastery of Sant'Elisabetta delle Convertite. Many did over its five hundred years, and the monastery was soon one of the most populous in Florence. As the longest enduring monastery for repentant prostitutes, Sant'Elisabetta is an integral part of the history of nuns and of prostitution in the medieval and early modern periods, and it had an important place in municipal responses to social welfare and civic morality. It is only by uncovering successive governments' involvement in Sant'Elisabetta that we can fully understand how the city attempted to manage both prostitution and welfare.

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