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The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance John Boswell New edition
The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance
John Boswell
This study argues that child abandonment was common among all classes and morally acceptable from antiquity until the Renaissance. Using a variety of sources, Boswell examines the evidence, presenting a history of the abandoned child and illustrating the changing meaning of family.
506 pages, 17 halftones
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 1, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226067124 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 506 |
| Dimensions | 135 × 203 × 29 mm · 554 g |
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