The kindness of strangers
the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance
University of Chicago Press ed.
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Author
Publication
1998 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
122,000 words, Guess
Page Count
488 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL359350M
- ISBN-100226067122
- OCLC Control Number38948345
- Internet Archivekindnessofstrang0000bosw
- Library of Congress Control Number98019356
and 2 more
- LibraryThing222110
- Goodreads117802
Classifications
- DDC362.73/094
- LCCHV887.E8 B67 1998
- LCCHV887.E8B67 1998
and 2 more
- DDC305.2/32
- LCCHV'887'E8'B67'1988
Description
Child abandonment and child welfare in the ancient and medieval world.
First Sentence
OF THE MANY muniments of imperial Roman civilization that make reference, often in passing, to the abandonment of children, few have been carefully examined by previous writers and many have not even been noticed.
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