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. ISBN: 0394570057 Subjects--Topical Terms: Abandoned children--History.--EuropeChild welfare--History.--Europe Subjects--Geographic Terms: Europe--Social conditions--To 1492. LC Class. No.: HV887.E8 / B67 1988 Dewey Class. No.: 362.7/044