Tra assistenza ed educazione dell’infanzia abbandonata. Riflessioni storiografiche a partire da un recente lavoro di ricerca

This contribution intends to propose a reflection on the development of the assistance and educational network for abandoned children on the national territory. Starting from the recent work of Sofia Montecchiani, the article tries to reconstruct the most significant stages of childcare abandoned in Italy between the modern age and the contemporary age with particular reference to the educational dimension assumed by some important institutes that arose in the peninsula in Contemporary age.