The Kindness of Strangers: the Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance
1/4 Cloth
1988 · New York
by Boswell, John
New York: Pantheon Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. 1/4 Cloth. 0394572408 . An edition in Fine condition with light page edge soiling in a Fine dust-jacket ; The Kindness of Strangers is a book that discusses the abandonment of children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the causes of abandonment, the effects of abandonment on children, and the responses of society to abandonment.; 8vo; 488 pages . (Inventory #: 123472)