The Kindness of Strangers : The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance Paperback / softback
by John Boswell
Paperback / softback
Description
In this work, John Boswell argues that child abandonment was a common and morally acceptable practice from antiquity until the Renaissance.
Using a variety of sources, including drama and mythological-literary texts as well as demographics, Boswell examines evidence that parents of all classes gave up unwanted chldren, "exposing" them in public places, donating them to the church, or, in later centuries, delivering them to foundling hospitals.
This work presents a history of the abandoned child that helps to illustrate the changing meaning of family.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:506 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:01/11/1998
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- ISBN:9780226067124
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:506 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:01/11/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780226067124