The Kindness of Strangers: the abandonment of children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance Rena Olsen isn't loving enough

isn't loving enough

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The Kindness of Strangers: the abandonment of children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance Rena Olsen isn't loving enoughAuthor: John Boswell Publisher: Pantheon Books, 1988 Condition: Softcover, in very good condition, interior clean In The Kindness of Strangers, John Boswell argues persuasively that child abandonment was a common and morally acceptable practice from antiquity until the Renaissance. Using a wide variety of sources, including drama and mythological literary texts as well as demographics, Boswell examines the evidence that parents of all classes gave up