An edition of The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance (1988)

The kindness of strangers

the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance

University of Chicago Press ed.

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An edition of The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance (1988)

The kindness of strangers

the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance

University of Chicago Press ed.

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University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Pages
488

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Subjects
History, Abandoned children, Child welfare, Social history, Social conditions, Abandoned Child, Medieval, Vondelingen, Enfants abandonnés -- Europe -- Histoire., Enfants -- Protection, assistance, etc -- Europe -- Histoire., Europe -- Conditions sociales -- Jusqu'à 1492., Expòsits, Història, Infants, Treball social, Condicions socials
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Europe
Times
To 500, To 1492, Medieval, 500-1500

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The kindness of strangers: the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance
1998, University of Chicago Press
in English - University of Chicago Press ed.
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Cover of: L'Abbandono dei bambini in Europa occidentale
L'Abbandono dei bambini in Europa occidentale
1991, Rizzoli
in Italian
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The kindness of strangers: the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance
1989, Allen Lane The Penguin Press
in English
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Kindness of Strangers
January 28, 1989, Pantheon
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-473) and index.
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1988.

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Dewey Decimal Class
362.73/094
Library of Congress
HV887.E8 B67 1998, HV887.E8B67 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 488 p. :
Number of pages
488

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Open Library
OL359350M
Internet Archive
kindnessofstrang0000bosw
ISBN 10
0226067122
LCCN
98019356
Library Thing
222110
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117802

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OF THE MANY muniments of imperial Roman civilization that make reference, often in passing, to the abandonment of children, few have been carefully examined by previous writers and many have not even been noticed.
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