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Author Boswell, John, 1947-1994.

Title The kindness of strangers : the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance / John Boswell.

Publication Info. New York : Pantheon Books, [1988]
©1988

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.7044 B747K    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 488 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Part I: Ancient patterns. Rome : the historical skeleton ; Rome : literary flesh and blood ; Fathers of the Church and parents of children -- Part II: The early Middle Ages. Variations on familiar patterns ; A Christian innovation : oblation ; Demographic overview -- Part III: The High Middle Ages. New demographics : 1000-1200 ; Oblation at its zenith ; The thirteenth century: abandonment resumes ; Literary witnesses -- Part IV: The later Middle Ages. Continuities and unintended tragedy ; Conclusions.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [463]-473.
Local Note c.1 Aug.'94 ; $20.00
c.1 Aug.'94 ; $20.00
Subject Abandoned children -- Europe -- History.
Child welfare -- Europe -- History.
Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492.
ISBN 0394570057: $24.95
0394572408
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