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

aban abandoned children adopted alumni ancient appears baby birth bishop Caesar of Heisterbach canon chap chapter chil child child abandonment Christian church cited common contemporary context Controversiae daughter death discussion donment dren early medieval early Middle Ages Europe example exposed children fact father foundling hospitals girl Gratian Greek heirs Herlihy High Middle Ages History holy household ibid illegitimate incest infanticide infants inheritance Jewish Jews Jómsvíkinga saga killing king L'Enfant later Latin literary literature Lord male marriage married ment modern monastery monastic monk moral mother natal natal parents Nun of Watton nurse oblation offspring pagan Paris percent Plutarch poor population probably prohibited Quintilian reared reclaim religious Roman law Rome rules saga sell servants sexual siècle simply slavery slaves social society someone sources specifically status story suggests thirteenth century tion trans translation twelfth century Vita wife women