The kindness of strangers : the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance

Author(s)

• Boswell, John

Bibliographic Information

The kindness of strangers : the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance

John Boswell

Pantheon Books, c1988

Note

Bibliography: p. 464-473

Includes index

Details

• NCID: BA06826007
• ISBN:
  • 0394572408
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 488 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV887.E8
  • DC19 : 362.7/044
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Abandoned children -- Europe -- History
  • LCSH : Child welfare -- Europe -- History
  • LCSH : Social history -- To 500
  • LCSH : Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500