Een groot deel van de zorg voor kwetsbare mensen ligt in handen van sociale professionals. Buurtgerichte netwerken en zorgzame steden willen voorkomen dat de slinger doorslaat.
This article analyses female agency within the religious confraternities active in an early modern town in the Southern Netherlands in order to gain an insight into women's positions within a (semi-)public urban network and thus beyond the household. The analysis suggests that confraternities did not provide women with opportunities to develop a significant public role within the town. Nonetheless, while there is little evidence that early ...