Opera Pia Dei Poveri Mendicanti
The Opera Pia dei Poveri Mendicanti was a civic welfare institutional service created in
Creation
The Opera Pia dei Poveri Mendicanti replaced an earlier plan: the Compagnia dei Poveri Mendicanti.
Membership
Ruling elite in
Objective of the organization
The objective of this organization was to help the poor through reform and provide opportunities for work within the society.[6] They also provided the necessities of life such as: food, shelter, and clothing, to those who could not afford it themselves.[5]
Significance
The Opera Pia dei Poveri Mendicanti replaced confraternities’ charities.
Types of organizations created
The Opera created orphanages for young boys and girls. The girls were placed outside the city, while the boys resided in orphanages inside the city near to places where they apprenticed. In addition, a hostel called Ospedale dei Poveri Mendicanti was created in
Problems and controversy
Some male members accused female ones of wasting money on lavish festivals and dinners, which projected a frivolous and ostentatious image of the Opera.[7] Thus, this occurrence portrayed the service as wasting money. As a result of the concern with the misuse of money, the Opera discouraged its members, in particular the women, from hosting events such as these and restrictions were placed on spending. The people who held the power were the male ruling elite and through the Opera, their objective was to fulfill the basic needs of the sick and poor, rather than throwing lavish parties for them.[6]
See also
- Bologna
- Greater Bologna
- Confraternities
- Sacraments of the Catholic Church
Notes
- ^ Terpstra (1994), pp. 101–120
- ^ Terpstra (2004), p. 19
- ^ Donnelly & Maher (1999), p. 100
- ^ Donnelly & Maher (1999), p. 101
- ^ a b c Terpstra (2004), pp. 28–34
- ^ a b c Donnelly & Maher (1999), pp. 100–101
- ^ a b Terpstra (2004), pp. 19–23
- ^ Pullan (2005), pp. 441–443
- ^ Eisenbichler (1991), p. 187
Bibliography
- Donnelly, John Patrick; Maher, Michael W., eds. (1999). Confraternities and Catholic Reform in Italy, France, and Spain. Sixteenth-century essays and studies. Vol. 44. Kirksville, MO: ISBN 9781935503170.
- Eisenbichler, Konrad (1991). Crossing the Boundaries: Christian Piety and the Arts in Italian Medieval and Renaissance Confraternities. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University. ISBN 9780918720450.
- Pullan, Brian S. (2005). "Catholics, Protestants, and the poor in Early Modern Europe". S2CID 143777306.
- Terpstra, Nicholas (1994). "Apprenticeship in social welfare: from confraternal charity to municipal poor relief in Early Modern Italy". JSTOR 2542555.
- Terpstra, Nicholas (2004). "Showing the poor a good time: caring for body and spirit in Bologna's civic charities". .
Further reading
- Burke, Peter. Culture and Society in Renaissance Italy 1420–1540. London: B.T. Batsford Limited, 1972.
- Laven, Peter. Renaissance Italy 1464–1534. London: B.T. Batsford Limited, 1966.
- Pomata, Giana. “Medicine for the Poor in 18th and 19th Century Bologna.” Health Care and Poor Relief in 18th and 19th Century Southern Europe. Eds. Ole Peter Grell and others. Burlington: Ashgate, 2005. 229–249.
- Symonds, John Addington. Renaissance in Italy: The Catholic Reaction. London: John Murray, 1897.
- Terpstra, Nicholas. Lay Confraternities and Civic Religion in Renaissance Bologna. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
- Terpstra, Nicholas. Abandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance: Orphan Care in Florence and Bologna. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.