The Shadows of Family Life
Mistreated Girls Admitted to the Casa de Misericordia in Barcelona in the Eighteenth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079470 |
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| Authors | Mariela Fargas Peñarrocha (0000-0003-4352-8457, Universitat de Barcelona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 156-173 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/03631990231214742 |
| OpenAlex | W4388770311 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Many of the girls admitted to the Casa de Misericordia (House of Mercy) in Barcelona during the early modern age had suffered forms of violence, within their families and in the wider context of their deprived neighborhoods. Although poverty was the main reason for entry, there were many concomitant factors that led to girls being abandoned. My aim here is to demonstrate that among these factors, the experience of violence was important both quantitatively and qualitatively. The admission files reveal certainly the relationship between poverty, family conflicts, and violence against those most vulnerable members of society
Art · Criminology · Domestic violence · Geography · Humanities · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law · Medicine · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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