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This study argues that child abandonment was common among all classes and morally acceptable from antiquity until the Renaissance. Using a variety of sources, Boswell examines the evidence, presenting a history of the abandoned child and illustrating the changing meaning of family.

The Kindness of Strangers

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/11/1998
      ISBN13: 9780226067124, 978-0226067124
      ISBN10: 0226067122
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      Book Synopsis
      This study argues that child abandonment was common among all classes and morally acceptable from antiquity until the Renaissance. Using a variety of sources, Boswell examines the evidence, presenting a history of the abandoned child and illustrating the changing meaning of family.

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