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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
Edition 1st Vintage books ed
Published New York : Vintage Books, a Division of Random House, Inc., 1990

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 488 pages)
Notes Reprint. Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, 1988
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-473) and index
Notes Print version
Subject Abandoned children -- Europe, Western -- History
Child welfare -- Europe, Western -- History
Abandoned children
Child welfare
Social conditions
SUBJECT Europe, Western -- Social conditions
Subject Western Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0394572408
9780394572406
0679724990
9780679724995
Other Titles Abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance