Real and virtual families : forms and dynamics of fostering and adoption in Bologna’s early modern hospitals

Institutional care for orphaned and abandoned children varied significantly according to the state of their kinship connections. Fostering which preserved known ‘real’ family connections was the norm, while adoption was a form of ‘virtual’ family employed in cases where there was no known lineage. B...

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Auteur principal: Terpstra, Nicholas
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Langue:Anglais
Publié: Mélanges de l’École française de Rome - Italie et Méditerranée modernes et contemporaines 2012
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