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.
An edition of 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.
by John Boswell
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Child abandonment and child welfare in the ancient and medieval world.
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The kindness of strangers: the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance
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