The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance
- ISBN-10
- 0679724990
- ISBN-13
- 9780679724995
- Series
- The Kindness of Strangers
- Category
- History (General)
- Pages
- 488
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Author
- John Boswell
Description
Offers a study of how previous societies dealt with the phenomenon of abandoned children
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