The kindness of strangers : the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance /
Boswell, John.
The kindness of strangers : the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance / John Boswell. - New York : Pantheon Books, c1988. - xviii, 488 p., [16] pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [463]-473.
0394570057
Abandoned children--History.--Europe
Child welfare--History.--Europe
Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.
HV887.E8 / B67 1988
362.7/044
The kindness of strangers : the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance / John Boswell. - New York : Pantheon Books, c1988. - xviii, 488 p., [16] pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [463]-473.
0394570057
Abandoned children--History.--Europe
Child welfare--History.--Europe
Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.
HV887.E8 / B67 1988
362.7/044