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The kindness of strangers: the abandonment of children in Western Europe from late antiquity to the Renaissance
John Boswell
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Frontmatter
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ABBREVIATIONS (page xi)
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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (page xvii)
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INTRODUCTION (page 3)
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Part I: Ancient Patterns (page 51)
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1. Rome: The Historical Skeleton (page 53)
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2. Rome: Literary Flesh and Blood (page 95)
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3. Fathers of the Church and Parents of Children (page 138)
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Part II: The Early Middle Ages (page 181)
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4. Variations on Familiar Patterns (page 183)
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5. A Christian Innovation: Oblation (page 228)
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6. Demographic Overview (page 256)
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Part III: The High Middle Ages (page 267)
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7. New Demographics: 1000-1200 (page 269)
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8. Oblation at Its Zenith (page 296)
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9. The Thirteenth Century: Abandonment Resumes (page 322)
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10. Literary Witnesses (page 364)
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Part IV: The Later Middle Ages (page 395)
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11. Continuities and Unintended Tragedy (page 397)
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12. Conclusions (page 428)
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APPENDIX OF TRANSLATIONS (page 435)
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FREQUENTLY CITED WORKS (page 463)
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INDEX (page 475)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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HEQ | 30.2 (Summer, 1990): 225-227 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/368658 |
CJS | 15.4 (Autumn, 1990): 484-487 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3341135 |
HW | 29 (Spring, 1990): 147-150 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4288969 |
SCJ | 20.4 (Winter, 1989): 727-728 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2541344 |
JHSex | 1.1 (Jul. 1990) 146-147 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3704468 |
Citable Link
Published: 1990
Publisher: Vintage Books
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