Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7419
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Brodman , James William.
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  • Title: The Care of Women and Children [discusses provisions for poor women's dowries, the rehabilitation of prostitutes, and care of abandoned children in orphanages, with wet nurses, and in apprenticeships].
  • Source: Charity and Welfare: Hospitals and the Poor in Medieval Catalonia.James William BrodmanMiddle Ages Series.  University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.  Pages 100 - 124.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Book Chapter
  • Subject (See Also): Abandoned Children Catalonia Charity Children Orphanages Poverty Prostitutes
  • Award Note:
  • Geographic Area: Iberia
  • Century: 13- 14- 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Central Arkansas
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0812234367