The kindness of strangers : the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance
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The kindness of strangers : the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance
（Penguin books, . Penguin history）
Penguin, 1991, c1988
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Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1988
Bibliography: p. 463-473
Includes index
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Looks at the abandonment of children in Western Europe in both antiquity and the Middle Ages. The book illuminates a vast area of social history and aims to enlighten us on attitudes to childhood, the nature of the family, property and the nature of birth control.
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