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The Kindness of Strangers - John Boswell
The Kindness of Strangers
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780517178454 (0517178451)
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction, History, Historical Fiction, Medieval, Parenting, Adoption, European History
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wealhtheow
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Using old records and tales, Boswell traces one of the main fates of unwanted children: abandonment. From antiquity through the end of the Middle Ages, European parents of every social standing, in every circumstance (from rape to incest to adultery to married couples), abandoned or sold their chil...
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EricCWelch
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John Boswell writes "From Roman times to the late Middle Ages, children were abandoned throughout Europe...in great numbers, by parents of every social standing, in a great variety of circumstances." If this passage evokes images of suffering, despair and death, Boswell postulates that from the stan...
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The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance - John Boswell
Kindness of Strangers: The Abandoment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance - John Boswell
The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance - John Boswell
The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance - John Boswell
The Kindness of Strangers: the Abandonment of Children in Western Europe From Late Antiquity to the Renaissance - John Boswell
The Kindness Of Strangers: Abandonment Of Children In Western Europe From Late Antiquity To The Renaissance (Penguin History) - John Boswell
The Kindness Of Strangers: The Abandonment Of Children In Western Europe From Late Antiquity To The Renaissance - John Boswell
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