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008    880413t19881988nyuaf    b    001 0 eng   
010       88042544 //r89 
020    0394570057:|c$24.95 
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035    (OCoLC)17877506 
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049    GHHA 
050 0  HV887.E8|bB67 1988 
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100 1  Boswell, John,|d1947-1994. 
245 14 The kindness of strangers :|bthe abandonment of children 
       in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance /
       |cJohn Boswell. 
264  1 New York :|bPantheon Books,|c[1988] 
264  4 |c©1988 
300    xviii, 488 pages, [16] pages of plates :|billustrations ;
       |c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
504    Bibliography: pages [463]-473. 
505 0  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.  
590    c.1 Aug.'94 ; $20.00 
590    c.1 Aug.'94 ; $20.00 
650  0 Abandoned children|zEurope|xHistory. 
650  0 Child welfare|zEurope|xHistory. 
651  0 Europe|xSocial conditions|yTo 1492. 
898    qbibliographies 
910    CARL0000058356 
998  0 UNKNOWN|bFix4       97/04/25  06:38:16