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

Vintage Books, 1990, c1988

1st Vintage Books ed

Note

"Originally published in hardcover by Pantheon Books ... in 1988"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-473) and index

Details

• NCID: BA21087474
• ISBN:
  • 0679724990
• LCCN: 89040117
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 488 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV887.E8
  • DC20 : 362.7/3/094
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Abandoned children -- Europe -- History
  • LCSH : Child welfare -- Europe -- History
  • LCSH : Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492