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The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance

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Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes Medieval and Early Modern Justice History of Emotions Research

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Looks at the abandonment of children in Western Europe in both antiquity and the Middle Ages. The book illuminates a vast area of social history and aims to enlighten us on attitudes to childhood, the nature of the family, property and the nature of birth control.

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