Lecture: The Innocents of Florence

2026-02-06T00:00:00-05:00
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Professor Joseph Luzzi will join us to give a talk on his latest book: The Innocents of Florence, The renaissance Discovery of Childhood.


How a Florentine orphanage rescued thousands of children and revolutionized childhood education amid the splendor of Renaissance art.   (Additional details will be provided closer to the presentation date)


Note: Unless specifically noted as being streamed or recorded, the lectures in the lecture series hosted by the Dante Society of Westerly are live events only and are not recorded. They are neither streamed online nor available afterwards as recordings.

Lectures are free and open to the public.


This event is presented in partnership with the Westerly Library and Wilcox Park.

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