10 articles in this issue
Sara Della Vista
The House of Correction of Florence was established by Pietro Leopoldo in the city Fortress in 1782. First, this paper shows the context of the sovereign reforms and its foundation, then it focuses on its aims: the institute provided preventive tasks, mor... see more
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Georgia Arrivo
This article is based on the analysis of the documentation relating to the activity of the Florentine Police at the end of the eighteenth century. In this period is founded the “Casa di Correzione”, where the so-called “donne scandalose” would be shut up.... see more
Carla Zarrilli
Daniele Edigati
The essay tries to analyze the position taken by the Tuscan lawyers about the development and growth of the use of potestas oeconomica in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany under Peter Leopold. In the sovereign’s goals there was a diverse set of facts that not al... see more
Rosalia Manno
Beatrice Biagioli
Here is presented the journey of the exhibition Correct and prevent. The reform policy of Pietro Leopoldo and Correction House in Fortezza da Basso in Florence, held at the State Archive of Florence and open to the public from the 22nd to the 27th of Febr... see more
Beatrice Biagioli,Sara Della Vista