The Unwanted Child: The Fate of Foundlings, Orphans, and Juvenile Criminals in Early Modern Germany

by Joel F. Harrington

Book Overview

The baby abandoned on the doorstep is a phenomenon that has virtually disappeared from our experience, but in the early modern world, unwanted children were a very real problem for parents, government officials, and society. The Unwanted Child skillfully recreates sixteenth-century Nuremberg to explore what befell abandoned, neglected, abused, or delinquent children in this critical period.

Joel F. Harrington tackles this question...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022610205X
• ISBN13: 9780226102054
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.0"