Parents of poor children in England 1580-1800

A study of the mothers and fathers of poor children in early modern England, drawing upon a wide range of archival material including quarter session records, petitions for assistance applications for places in the London Foundling Hospital, and evidence from criminal trials in London's Old Bai...

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Main Author: Crawford, Patricia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2010, 2010
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:A study of the mothers and fathers of poor children in early modern England, drawing upon a wide range of archival material including quarter session records, petitions for assistance applications for places in the London Foundling Hospital, and evidence from criminal trials in London's Old Bailey
Physical Description:xi, 361 p. ill
ISBN:9780191709517