Abandono infantil - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:48:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Abandono infantil - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Trajectory of the children admitted to the Pious Work (1700-1791) https://historylab.es/trajectory-of-the-children-admitted-to-the-pious-work-1700-1791/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trajectory-of-the-children-admitted-to-the-pious-work-1700-1791 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:56 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/trayectoria-de-los-ninos-ingresado-en-la-obra-pia-1700-1791/ Trajectory of the children who joined the Pious Work between 1700 and 1791

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]]> In the modern age, the children conceived could often not be supported due to the precarious economic conditions of the families, as well as when the marriages lacked a formal and canonical character. In an attempt to prolong their lives, they were usually left at the doors of convents and orphanages. At this juncture, these types of religious centres carried out a social and welfare work that would not be replaced until the creation of state social systems in the 19th century. Parents who did not want to lose contact with their children often left them with a distinctive sign so that they would be able to recognise them in the future. Similarly, when the convent had to take care of the newborn, it needed to hire midwives, some of whom were often the child’s mother. However, the handing over of the child to such religious institutions was by far a guarantee of the child’s survival. As María José Pérez Álvarez states, infant infections caused enormous mortality at this early stage and if they survived, when they were handed over to families to be raised, mortality also lurked because of the deplorable hygienic conditions in which the population lived. Only a minority managed to survive and very few eventually managed to leave such institutions for a stable life.

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