The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe From Late Antiquity to the Renaissance
John Boswell
488 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0808138448
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1988
Ancient HistoryChildrensEuropean HistoryHistoricalHistoryMedievalMedieval HistoryMicrohistoryNonfictionSociology
A pioneering inquiry into an unexplored corner of Western the widespread abandonment of children throughout classical antiquity and the Middle Ages. “A learned and lively book, which is…likely to prove controversial…”– Boston Globe .