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The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance Paperback - 1998
by John Boswell
Historian John Boswell argues persuasively that child abandonment was a common and morally acceptable practice from antiquity until the Renaissance. Boswell examines evidence that parents of all classes gave up unwanted children, "exposing" them in public places, donating them to the church, or delivering them in later centuries to foundling hospitals. 17 photos.
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- Title The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Author John Boswell
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 506
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-11
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780226067124 / 0226067122
- Weight 1.21 lbs (0.55 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 5.23 x 1.15 in (20.22 x 13.28 x 2.92 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Library of Congress subjects Europe - Social conditions - To 1492, Abandoned children - Europe - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98019356
- Dewey Decimal Code 362.730
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