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

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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)

Kindness of Strangers

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Pantheon
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English

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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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Cover of: The kindness of strangers
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
in English
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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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OL7461338M
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kindnessofstrang00bosw
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0394572408
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9780394572406
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222110
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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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